Portrait of the model maker, Rattan Singh, at work on the model for Capitol Complex, Sector 1, Chandigarh, India

Part of:

Fonds: Pierre Jeanneret fonds, 1870s-2011
Series: Photographies de Chandigarh et de l’Inde reproduites pour expositions = Photographs of Chandigarh and India reproduced for exhibitions, 1951-1965
Sub-series: Photographies pour une exposition au musée des Beaux-arts à Besançon, 1971 = Photographs for an exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts at Besançon, 1971, 1951-1966
Sub-series: Jeet Malhotra, 1953-1966

People:

Pierre Jeanneret (archive creator)
Jeet Malhotra (photographer)
Pierre Jeanneret (photographer)
Rattan Singh Gyani (sitter)
Rattan Singh Gyani (model maker)
Le Corbusier (architect)

Title:

Portrait of the model maker, Rattan Singh, at work on the model for Capitol Complex, Sector 1, Chandigarh, India

Date:

1960

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print mounted on board

Dimensions:

composition: 29,4 × 34,8 cm (11 9/16 × 13 11/16 in.) secondary support: 29,4 × 34,8 cm

Reference number:

ARCH265416

Inscription:

Inscribed by Jeet Malhotra, on secondary support, verso, in blue ink: Rattan Singh modeller at work on the / Capitol Complex Chndigarh. / Photo: Jeet Malhotra + [arrow to stamp] / Date 1960 [underscored]; stamped, in navy blue ink: Photo de Pierre JEANNERET / ARCHITECTE / 11, rue Toepffer - GENÈVE / -- Tous droits réservés -- / MENTION OBLIGATOIRE / Genève / Tél. 46 46 32; and numbered, in graphite: 3

Location:

Chandigarh India

Subject Descriptive Terms:

model

Credit line:
Fonds Pierre Jeanneret
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Jacqueline Jeanneret/
Gift of Jacqueline Jeanneret

Language of material:

English
French

General note:

This photograph was part of a group of images about Chandigarh that were enlarged, mounted on board, and presented in an exhibition in 1971 at the musée des Beaux-Arts, Besançon, France.
On the photograph’s verso, both Jeet Malhotra (inscription) and Pierre Jeanneret (stamp) are referred to as the photographer. According to the AP156's finding aid, this photograph was taken by Jeet Malhotra. Further investigation is required.

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