View of the roof of Unité d'habitation showing the base of a ventilation shaft and a detail of the gymnasium wall, Marseille, France

People:

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

Title:

View of the roof of Unité d'habitation showing the base of a ventilation shaft and a detail of the gymnasium wall, Marseille, 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.: 15.0 x 23.8 cm

Reference number:

PH1985:0830

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

numbered and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in blue ball-point pen, on the print, verso, c.: "LII - 107" ["LII" underlined] [upside down]; and l.r.: "Marseille" [diagonally] numbered - by an unknown hand, in red pall-point pen, on the print, verso, u.l.: "8" ["8" is circled] stamped - in red ink, on the print, verso, c.: "Photo Lucien HERVÉ / 31, rue Vineuse, PARIS 16e - PASsy 20 - 65 / MENTION du NO[M] OBLIGATOIRE / ses Droits de reproduction réservés - Copyright / OEuvre de Monsieur LECORBUSIER / ses Droits réservés SPADEM - PARIS" ["OEuvre de Monsieur LECORBUSIER / ses Droits réservés SPADEM - PARIS" is crossed out in red ball-point pen]

Location:

France

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

roof
ventilation shaft (space)

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

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