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

Photograph of a sketch of Marseille showing Unité d'habitation in relation to other buildings including Fort Saint-Jean, the église Catalane, the cathedral, the Mairie, the Canebière quarter and Hôtel-Dieu, France

1947 or later

- 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.

• dessin conceptuel

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 10.9 x 13.3 cm sheet: 10.9 x 14.3 cm

PH1985:0865

• line drawing
• freehand drawing
• sketch

• sketch perspective drawing

• distant view
• exterior view

inscribed and dated - by the draughtsman, on the original, u.l. to u.r.: "Fort St Jean / Eglise [sic] catalane / cathédrale / mairie / Hotel Dieu / canebière" [sideways]; u.r.: "LE CORBUSIER" [sideways]; and l.l.: "Marseille / 15 oct 47" numbered - by unknown hands, in blue ball-point pen, on the print, verso, u.c. to u.r.: "VIII/127 D" ["VIII" underlined]; and in graphite, l.l.: "#" stamped - in blue ink, on the print, verso, u.l. to c.l.: "lucien hervé / 31, rue Vineuse, PARIS-16e - PASsy 20 - 65 / MENTION du NOM OBLIGATOIRE / ses Droits de reproduction réservés / COPYRIGHT" [sideways]; and c.: "S" [sideways]

France

• architecture
• urbanisme

• architectural drawing
• cityscape

© Lucien Hervé