Correspondence concerning the Open Hand Monument

Part of:

Fonds: Pierre Jeanneret fonds, 1870s-2011
Series: Documents personnels = Personal documents, 1883-1985
Sub-series: Dossiers de l'architecte documentant ses activités professionnels en Inde, principalement à Chandigarh et Talwara = Files of the architect documenting his professional activities in India, principally in Chandigarh and Talwara, 1950-1985
Sub-series: Documentation relative à la ville de Chandigarh et au Projet de Chandigarh = Documentation pertaining to the city of Chandigarh and the Chandigarh Project, 1950s-1980s

People:

Pierre Jeanneret (archive creator)

Title:

Correspondence concerning the Open Hand Monument

Date:

1954-1965

Description:

Photocopies of 34 textual records, primarily correspondence, concerning the Open Hand Monument (“La main ouverte”) in Chandigarh, India. File contains correspondence of Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Jeet Malhotra, and Parmeshwari Lal Varma (P.L. Varma), as well as the first and second Prime Ministers of India, Jawaharlal Nehru and Lal Bahadur Shastri, respectively. Certain items have been translated and are available in both French and English.

Form:
textual records

Quantity / Object type:
1 file(s)

Extent and medium:

0.01 l.m. of textual records

Reference number:

ARCH268043

Location:

Chandigarh India

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

Folder Number:

156-004-23

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