• Fonds: Fonds Pierre Jeanneret, 1870s-2011
•    Série(s): Photographies de Chandigarh et de l’Inde reproduites pour expositions = Photographs of Chandigarh and India reproduced for exhibitions, 1951-1965
•      Sous-série: 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
•        Sous-série: Pierre Jeanneret, between 1951 and 1965

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

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

circa 1956

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

Gelatin silver print mounted on board

composition: 29,2 × 30,6 cm (11 1/2 × 12 1/16 in.) secondary support: 29,2 × 30,6 cm

ARCH265558

• close-up views

Inscribed by unknown hand, on secondary support, verso, in blue ink: Sculpture designed by Le Corbusier. 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 two locations: 91; 2

Chandigarh Inde

• bas-relief

Photo © CCA. Artwork © FLC/Socan

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• 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.
• This item is stamped "Photo de Pierre Jeanneret", but a similar photograph was attributed to Jeet Malhotra in 'Marg', Vol. 15, no. 1 (December 1961), p. 17. See also ARCH402412, an identical (or nearly identical) photograph, which has the inscription "Jeet" on its verso. Further investigation is required.