Blackboard, designed for the Maison du Brésil, Cité Internationale Universitaire, Paris, 1958

Price Realised USD 2,016

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CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999) AND LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)

Blackboard, designed for the Maison du Brésil, Cité Internationale Universitaire, Paris, 1958

Price Realised USD 2,016

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oak, painted cork
27¹⁄₂ x 55 x 4⁵⁄₈ in. (69.9 x 139.7 x 11.8 cm)

Private American Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner

W. Boesiger, ed., Le Corbusier et son atelier rue de Sèvres 35: Oeuvre complète Vol. 7, 1957-65, Zurich, 1965, p. 198
A. Ruegg, Le Corbusier, Meubles et intérieurs 1905-1965, Zurich, 2012, pp. 364-365
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works, Volume 3: 1956 – 1968, Zurich, 2017, pp. 364 (for text regarding Perriand as the designer of furnishings for Maison du Brésil), 369 and 373

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Modern Quotidian: Furniture by Prouve, Perriand, Le Corbusier, Rietveld, 5 October 2002 - 30 March 2003

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