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Letters from Le Corbusier to Mr. Chimanbhai, and a letter from Balkrishna V. Doshi to Anand Sarabhai
People:
  • Atelier Le Corbusier (stenographer)
  • Balkrishna V. Doshi (correspondence writer)
  • Le Corbusier (correspondence writer)
  • Chinubhai Chimanbhai (client)
Title:

Letters from Le Corbusier to Mr. Chimanbhai, and a letter from Balkrishna V. Doshi to Anand Sarabhai

Date:

3 December 1953, 26 April 1954, and 10 April 1989

Description:

- Part of a larger group of prints and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are photographs of a model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the dimensions of individual rooms, and letters from the office of Le Corbusier to the client. Also includes a letter dated 1989 by B.V. Doshi indicating his interest in the project. The larger group of Chimanbhai material includes a model, which is not the model in photographs DR1990:0022:001 - DR1990:0022:004, and at least three series of prints -- some with annotated changes. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.

Form:
textual records
Quantity / Object type:
4 typescript(s)
Technique and media:

Typescript, unidentified copying process, carbon copy, black ink, and blue ink

Dimensions:

sheets (range): 25,4 to 29,2 x 20,8 to 23,1 cm

Reference number:

DR1990:0022:023-026

Document Type:
  • correspondence
Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The letters, along with the other items of DR1990:0022:001 - DR1990:0022:026, were received in a brown envelope dated 29/12/53 and addressed to Mr. Chimanbhai.

Inscription:

signed, dated and imprinted - on DR1990:0022:023, by the author, c.l.: "BVD[oshi]"; in typescript, u.l.: "April 10, 1989"; and in typescript, t.: with letterhead imprinted - on DR1990:0022:024, in an unidentified copy process: with the text of DR1990:0022:023, including signature signed, dated and imprinted - on DR1990:0022:025, in blue ink [ball-point pen ?], c.r.: "L. Heilbu [th ?]"; in typescript, u.r.: "Paris, December 23rd I953 [sic]"; and in typescript, t.: with letterhead dated and imprinted - on DR1990:0022:026, in carbon copy, u.r.: "Paris, April 26th. 1954."

Subject:
  • architecture
Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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