Interior view of a walkway with piers, possibly of Unité d'habitation, showing a mural designed by Le Corbusier, France

People:

Lucien Hervé (photographer)
Le Corbusier (muralist)
Le Corbusier (interior designer)
Le Corbusier (architect)
Vladimir Bodiansky (engineer)
André Wogenscky (architect)

Title:

Interior view of a walkway with piers, possibly of Unité d'habitation, showing a mural designed by Le Corbusier, France

Date:

1952 or later

Description:

- A group of 178 gelatin silver prints acquired from Lucien Hervé in 1985 are of built works by Le Corbusier in France including: 124 photographs of Unité d'habitation, Marseille, 19 photographs of Maison A Jaoul and Maison B Jaoul, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 34 photographs of Villa Savoye, Poissy, and one photograph of a building, possibly by Fernand Pouillon, possibly located in France. The prints are of different sizes and show details and general views, predominantly exteriors of the buildings.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 15.3 x 17.1 cm

Reference number:

PH1985:0751

Point of View:

interior view

Inscription:

numbered - by an unknown hand, in blue ball-point pen, on the print, verso, u.c.: "II - 42" [sideways; "II" underlined] stamped - in blue ink, on the print, verso, c.: "lucien hervé / 21 Av. Paul Adam (17.)" [upside down] stamped - in blue ink, on the print, verso, c.: "11, RUE SOYER / NEUILLY-S SEINE / MAI. 64-66" [upside down; over top of preceding stamp]

Location:

France

Subject:

architecture
interior design

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

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