View of a bas-relief of a serpent sign by Le Corbusier, 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: Pierre Jeanneret, between 1951 and 1965

People:

Pierre Jeanneret (archive creator)
Pierre Jeanneret (photographer)
Le Corbusier (artist)

Title:

View of a bas-relief of a serpent sign by Le Corbusier, Chandigarh, India

Date:

circa 1956

Description:

Possibly a mould test on wet sand for the Assembly, Capitol Complex, Sector 1, Chandigarh, India. Further investigation is required.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print mounted on board

Dimensions:

composition: 32,4 × 29 cm (12 3/4 × 11 7/16 in.) secondary support: 32,4 × 29 cm

Reference number:

ARCH265564

Point of View:

close-up views

Inscription:

Inscribed by unknown hand, on secondary support, verso, in blue ink: Sculpture by Le Corbusier at Chandigarh, / Photo [arrow to stamp]; 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 in three locations: 1 [circled]; 95; 7

Location:

Chandigarh India

Subject Descriptive Terms:

bas-relief

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

Photo © CCA. Artwork © FLC / Socan

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.

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