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Le Corbusier – The Art of Architecture
Barbican Art Gallery 19 February – 24 May 2009
All works listed are by Le Corbusier unless otherwise stated.
1 CONTEXTS
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Villa Jeanneret-Perret, 1912
Model, scale 1:33
Vitra Design Museum
Villa Schwob, 1916–17
Model, scale 1:33
Vitra Design Museum
Objects from Le Corbusier’s private collection, which he purchased in 1911 on his journey
across the Balkans to Istanbul:
1–5 Serbian and Turkish vases
Ceramics with various glazes and decoration, purchased between Budapest and Istanbul in
Summer 1911
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
6 Pan on a horse
Late antiquity, probably purchased in Athens in September 1911
Painted terracotta
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
7 Statuette of a rider
Painted white terracotta, purchased September 1911
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
8 Byzantine mosaic stones
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
9 Fragment of a head
c.2nd century A.D.
Stone
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Octave Matthey, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret and Louis Houriet at work on sgraffito
decoration, Villa Fallet, 1907
Bibliothèque de la Ville, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Photographic enlargement
Secretary bureau for his mother, Marie-Charlotte-Amélie Jeanneret-Perret
c.1915–16
Walnut and metal fittings
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Amédée Ozenfant, Albert and Charles-Édouard Jeanneret in the studio of the Villa JeanneretPerret, late August 1919
Bibliothèque de la Ville, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Photographic enlargement
1
View from the Parthenon, Athens
1911
Watercolour on paper and cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Charles L’Eplattenier
At the Summit
1904
Oil on canvas
Musée des Beaux-arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Excerpts from sketchbooks from journeys to Germany, the Balkans, Istanbul, Greece and Italy
(Voyages d’allemagne: Carnets 1-4,
Voyage d’Orient: Carnets 1-5)
1910–11
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Compilation Vitra Design Museum
Excerpts from sketchbook no. 10
(Carnet 10)
1916–17
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Compilation Vitra Design Museum
John Ruskin
The Stones of Venice
London, 1951–53
Collection Alexander von Vegesack
Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle
Paris: Bance (Vol.1-6); Morel (Vol.7-10), 1954–68
Collection Alexander von Vegesack
Rodolphe Töpffer
Voyages en zigzag: Ou excursions d’un pensionnat en vacances dans les cantons suisses et sur
le revers italien des Alpes
Paris: Dubochet, Le Chevalier et Cie, 1846
Collection Alexander von Vegesack
Camillo Sitte
Der Städte-Bau nach seinen künstlerischen Grundsätzen
Vienna: Graeser, 1889
Collection Alexander von Vegesack
Paul Schultze-Naumburg
Kulturarbeiten
Munich: Callwey, 1901–17 (Edition in 9 volumes) / Vol.4: Städtebau, 1906
Collection Alexander von Vegesack
Villa Favre-Jacot, Le Locle, 1912–13
Perspective
March 1912
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
2
Study in the style of The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones
c.1902–03
Gouache on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Landscape in the Jura
c.1905
Gouache on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Palazzo Pubblico with the Torre del Mangia, Siena
September–October 1907
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
View and details of the Palazzo Vecchio with annotations, Florence
View from Jeanneret’s room in the Via dei Calzaioli
September 1907
Pencil, black and blue ink on grey paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Study of the grave niches in the facade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence
October 1907
Watercolour and ink on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Study of the facade of the Palazzo Grottanelli, Siena
October 1907
Ink and tempera on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Study of an Etruscan fresco, depicting a banquet, in the Museo Archeologico, Florence
September 1907
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Study of Donatello’s St Mark in an external niche of Or San Michele, Florence
October 1907
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Colonnades of the San Martino cathedral, Lucca
October 1907
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Study of the Buon Governo allegory by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
October 1907
Gouache and pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
View of Notre-Dame, Paris
1908–09
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
3
View from the Acropolis, Athens
September 1911
Watercolour on paper, mounted on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Villa Lante, Rome
October 1911
Pencil and green pastels on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Street with garden walls, verandas and trees, Istanbul
July 1911
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
View of Pera (probably from Taxim) across the Golden Horn, with the Süleymaniye mosque in
the background, Istanbul
July 1911
Watercolour on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
South east view of the Villa Schwob, La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1916–17
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Photographic enlargement
South west view of the Villa Fallet, La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1906–07
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Photographic enlargement
View of the Süleymaniye mosque, Istanbul
July 1911
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
4
Paris
Drawing of his mother Marie-Charlotte-Amélie Jeanneret-Perret
Undated
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Portrait of a woman (Yvonne Gallis)
c.1927
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Plan Voisin, 1925
Perspective
1925
Pencil and black ink on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Project for a Ville contemporaine de trois millions d’habitants, 1922
Reconstruction of the diorama presented at the Salon d’Automne in Paris, 1922
Vitra Design Museum
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Voiture Maximum, 1928
Model, scale 1:10, manufactured 1987
Franz Engeler
André Bauchant
Édouard, Pierre and Yvonne
1927
Oil on canvas
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Entr’acte
1925
Directed by René Clair
22 min.
Excerpt from Architecture d’aujourd’hui
1930
Directed by Pierre Chenal
Approx. 3 min.
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Plan Voisin, 1925
Reconstruction of original model, scale 1:2000
Painted wood and canvas
Vitra Design Museum
Le Corbusier, Amédée Ozenfant and initially Paul Dermée
L’Esprit Nouveau, nos. 1–28, 1920–25
‘Edition de luxe’ owned by Raoul La Roche
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, Bibliothek
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Juan Gris
Still Life with Fruit Dish
Offered by the editors to the sponsors of L’Esprit Nouveau
c.1917
Lithograph
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Pablo Picasso
Bottle of Rum
Offered by the editors to the sponsors of L’Esprit Nouveau
c.1912
Engraving
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Juan Gris
Still Life
1916
Pencil on paper
Triton Foundation, The Netherlands
Robert Delaunay
The Tower and the Wheel
1910
India ink on paper
Triton Foundation, The Netherlands
Pablo Picasso
Woman with Guitar
1912
Ink on paper
Triton Foundation, The Netherlands
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Global Perspectives
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Project for a skyscraper in the Quartier de la Marine, Algiers, 1939
Original model, wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Cité de refuge, Paris, 1929–33
Model, scale 1:50
Vitra Design Museum
Historical map of Algiers from Le Corbusier’s estate
Undated
Print with drawings by Le Corbusier in coloured pencil
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Plan Obus C, Algiers, 1933
Forecourt and base zone of the skyscraper (Cité d’Affaires) in the Quartier de la Marine
Undated
Pencil and ink on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Plan Obus A, Algiers, 1932
Perspective view of the residential blocks on the Fort l’Empereur
Undated
Pencil and ink on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Two Algerian women
c.1932
Pencil and coloured pencil on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Woman with wicker basket
c.1932
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Competition project for the Palace of the Soviets in Moscow, 1931–32
Perspective
Undated
Pencil and ink on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Competition project for the Palace of the Soviets in Moscow, 1931–32
Axonometric perspective
Undated
Pencil and ink on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
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Sketches by Le Corbusier, from lectures during his journey to Latin America in 1929 and
published 1930 in Précision sur un état présent de l’architecture et de l’urbanisme
Sketch for the reconstruction of Buenos Aires
1929
Chalk on wallpaper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Sketch joining cities such as Rio de Janeiro and New York
1929
Charcoal and chalk on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Network of inhabitants
1929
Charcoal on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Illustration of traffic congestion in city centres
1929
Charcoal on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Drawings on the urban development of Montevideo and São Paolo
1929
Charcoal on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Competition entry for the League of Nations Headquarters in Geneva, 1926–27
View from Lake Geneva
Undated
Pencil and charcoal on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Pairs
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Competition entry for the League of Nations Headquarters in Geneva, 1926–27
Floor plan
Undated
Ink, pencil and red crayon on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Competition entry for the League of Nations Headquarters in Geneva, 1926–27
Detailed studies for lighting and heating
Undated
Ink, pencil and blue on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
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1–2 Vase and bowl from Le Corbusier’s private collection
Berber pottery from Kabyle, northern Algeria, purchased by Le Corbusier in 1932
Painted ceramics
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
3 Vase from Le Corbusier’s private collection
Glazed earthenware (fayence)
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Project for a skyscraper in the Quartier de la Marine, Algiers, 1939
Original model, wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
CIAM Algiers
Panels from the presentation of research on the slum district of Mahieddine for the 9th CIAM
Congress, Aix-en-Provence
1953
Mixed media on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Postcard from Le Corbusier’s collection
Acquired in Morocco, c.1931
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Photographic enlargement
Berenice Abott
Changing New York
1936
Contemporary fibre-based prints
Museum of the City of New York
Depeyster Statue, Bowling Green, 23 July 1936
Stone and Williams Streets, 12 May 1936
John Watts Statue from Trinity Church
Courtyard, 1 March 1936
Wall Street District, 4 May 1936
Woolworth Building, 26 March 1936
Daily News Building, 21 November 1935
Cité de refuge, Paris, 1929–33
Model, scale 1:50
Vitra Design Museum
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Competition project for the Palace of the Soviets in Moscow, 1931–1932
Digital reconstruction by Takehiko Nagakura, 1999
5 min.
Comparison between ocean liners and apartment houses
1929
Charcoal on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
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2 PRIVACY AND PUBLICITY
Type Furniture
Furniture and interior design icons from the pages of L’Espirit Nouveau
Casiers bureau advertisement
Published in Le Corbusier’s Almanach d’architecture moderne, 1920
Innovation clothes hanger advertisement designed by Le Corbusier
Published in L’Esprit Nouveau, no. 20, January/February 1924
Innovation steamer trunk advertisement designed by Le Corbusier
Published in L’Esprit Nouveau, no. 20, January/February 1924
Thonet bentwood chairs, title page of Le Corbusier’s essay, ‘5 Conséquences de crise’
Published in L’Esprit Nouveau, no. 22, April 1924
Photographic enlargements
André Groult
Wallpaper with rose pattern, no. 5047
Originally printed by Alfred Haas & fils, Paris, 1911
Reprint Geert Wisse, Zwalm, Belgium, 2005
Archive Vitra Design Museum
Armchair for the apartment of Hermann Ditisheim, La Chaux-de-Fonds
1915
Mahogany, original upholstery
Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Desk chair for the apartment of Hermann Ditisheim, La Chaux-de-Fonds
1915
Mahogany, upholstery
Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Anonymous
Chair with wicker seat
(Bergère à paille)
Early 19th century
Wood, wicker
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Anonymous
Colonial chair
Early 20th century
Wood, decorated leather covering
Arthur Rüegg, Zurich
Anonymous
Garden chair
Late 19th century
Wrought iron and strip metal, painted
Collection Vitra Design Museum
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Ateliers Gras
Desk lamp, model no. 205
c.1930
Enamelled steel, aluminium
Collection Vitra Design Museum
Furniture sketches from the Carnet bleu T-71, c.1912–14
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Compilation Vitra Design Museum
André Groult
Armchair
c.1920
Ebony and stained maple, upholstered in brocaded silk (fabric reproduced from original
design by Paul Follot)
Victoria and Albert Museum
Jacob-Desmalter
Armchair
c.1805
Mahogany, beech, gilt bronze, damask
Victoria and Albert Museum
Anonymous
Innovation Trunk
c.1925
Wood, metal, leather and fabric
Arthur Rüegg, Zürich
Möbelwerke Horgen-Glarus AG
Desk Chair, model 1224
Exclusively marketed by the company Robert Mey
Bentwood, cane seat
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
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L’Esprit Nouveau
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Metal table from the apartment of Marcel Levaillant
1925–26
Iron framework, nickel-plated brass, sheet metal
Arthur Rüegg, Zurich
J. & J. Kohn
Desk chair, model 712
Early 20th century
Bentwood, cane seat
Arthur Rüegg, Zurich
Maple & Co., London–Paris
Franklin armchair from the apartment of Marcel Levaillant
1923
Moroccan leather (covering replaced according to original), wood, velvet
Arthur Rüegg, Zurich
Pale Still Life with Lantern
1922
Oil on canvas
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Three Bottles
1926
Oil on canvas
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Interior of the Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau, Paris, 1925
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Photographic enlargement
Still Life from the Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau
1924
Oil on canvas
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Amédée Ozenfant
Glasses and Bottles
c.1922–26
Oil on canvas
Tate: Purchased 1962
Fernand Léger
The Baluster
1925
Oil on canvas
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund, 1952
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Machines for Living
Maison Dom-ino, 1915 Model, scale 1:33
Vitra Design Museum
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Villa Savoye, Poissy, 1928–31
Model, scale 1:33
Vitra Design Museum
Le Corbusier and, Pierre Jeanneret
Villa Stein-de Monzie, Garches, 1926–28
Model, scale 1:33
Vitra Design Museum
Maison Citrohan, 1922
Model, scale 1:33
Vitra Design Museum
Villa Stein-de Monzie, Garches, 1926–28
North entrance facade
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Photographic enlargement
Excerpt from Architecture d’aujourd’hui
Directed by Pierre Chenal
1930
Approx. 3 min.
Still Life
Undated
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Purist study
c.1921
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Purist sketches on an invitation card
1920s
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Amédée Ozenfant
Sketch of a folded napkin
1920s
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Pipes and glass objects from Le Corbusier’s private collection
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
13
Maison Dom-ino, 1915
Perspective view of a prototype module
Undated
Ink, pencil and coloured pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Maison Citrohan, 2nd version, 1922
Perspective view
Undated
Ink, coloured pencil and red crayon on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Villa Stein-de Monzie, Garches, 1926–28
Facade studies
Undated
Pencil and pastel on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Villa Stein-de Monzie, Garches, 1926–28
Axonometric perspective
Undated
Pencil and pastel on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Villa Savoye, Poissy, 1928–31
Perspective view
Undated
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Ramp from terrace level to the roof, Villa Savoye, Poissy, 1928–31
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Photographic enlargement
Piet Mondrian
Composition C (No. III), with Red, Yellow and Blue
1935
Oil on canvas
Tate: Lent from a private collection 1981
Piet Mondrian (hand on step) and El Lissitzky (second from left at top of stairs) on the roof
terrace of the Villa Stein-de-Monzie, Garches, c.1926
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Photographic enlargement
Excerpts from Don Carlos de Beistégui
Directed by Patrick Mimouni,
1989
La Sept des les Films du Labyrinthe
Approx. 3 min.
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Steel Furniture
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand
Swing-back armchair
1929
Painted tubular steel, metal springs, silk upholstery
Victoria and Albert Museum
Installation Equipement intérieur d’une habitation at the Salon d’Automne in Paris,
1929
Digital reconstruction by the Institut Supérieur de Design,
Valenciennes, 2005
MNAM/CCI, Centre Pompidou
Library in the Villa Church, Ville-d’Avray,1927–30
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Photographic enlargement
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand
Swing-back armchair
First prototype
1928
Chromed tubular steel, canvas
Collection Alexander von Vegesack
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand
Chaise longue
1928
Chromed and lacquered steel, textile upholstery, steel springs, caoutchouc elements, artificial
leather applications
Manufactured by Thonet Frères from 1930 as model B 308
Collection Alexander von Vegesack
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand
Swivel armchair
1928
Chromed tubular steel, leather upholstery
Manufactured by Thonet Frères from 1930 as model B 302
Collection Vitra Design Museum
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand
Table with glass plate
1928–29
Chromed tubular steel, lacquered steel, glass plate, caoutchouc
Manufactured by Thonet Frères from 1930 as model B 307
Collection Vitra Design Museum
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand
Design for the dining room in the guesthouse of Villa Church
1928
Pencil and pastel on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
15
Primitivism
Stone with imprints of shells
1932
Pencil and pastel on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Open shell
1932
Pencil and pastel on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Two sketches of snails
Undated
Ballpoint pen on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Bones with shadow
1932
Pencil and pastel on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Three women standing, one of them in a blue corset
Undated
Ink and gouache on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Six women standing
Undated
Pencil and blue ink on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Study for The Fisherwoman of Arcachon
Undated
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Women with washing
Undated
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Fisherwoman with Oysters
Undated
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Small objects from Le Corbusier’s collection
Collected between 1930 and 1940
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Lantern and Small Bean
1930
Oil on canvas
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
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Still Life with Root and Yellow Rope
1930
Oil on canvas
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Study of bones
1954
Lead pencil, black and white pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Group of seven nudes
Undated
Lead pencil, ink and pastel on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Statues from Benin (King Glélé and King Gbéhanzin)
Drawn in the Musée Ethnographique du Trocadéro
c.1908/09
Pencil and gouache on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Composition with the Moon
1929
Oil on canvas
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Fisherwoman with Oysters
1935
Oil on canvas
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Exposition des arts dits ‘primitifs’ dans la maison d’aujourd’hui organised by Louis Carré in Le
Corbusier’s rue Nungesser-et-Coli apartment, July 1935
Photographic enlargement
Fernand Léger
Still life
1928
Oil on canvas
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Excerpts from film shot by Le Corbusier at the beach of Arcachon, summer 1930
Compilation Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Approx. 3 min.
Le Corbusier’s Hands, Cap-Martin, 1951
Photograph by Lucien Hervé
© Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California
Photographic enlargement
17
3 BUILT ART
The Artist
Woman and Shell IV
From the studio at rue de Sèvres, Paris
1948
Oil on Isorel
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Study for Taureau
Undated
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Study for Taureau
Undated
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Study for Taureau
1954
Ink and watercolour on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Study for Taureau V
1954
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Composition with Unicorn and Two Figures
Undated
Pencil and pastels on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Objets à reaction poétique
1954
Sgraffito in bitumen on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Female Nude
c.1954
Sgraffito in bitumen on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Female Nudes Embracing
c.1954
Sgraffito in bitumen on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Taureau
1956
Sgraffito in bitumen on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
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Study for a sculpture
Undated
Pencil and gouache on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Taureau VIII
1954
Oil on canvas
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Taureau IX
1954
Oil on canvas
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Female Torso with Hands
1955–56
Oil on plywood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Head and Hands
1955
Oil on canvas
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Taureau XI
1955/56
Oil on canvas
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Composition Panurge III
c.1944
Oil on wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier with Joseph Savina
Sculpture no. 3, Ozon
1940/1947
Painted teak and mahogany
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier with Joseph Savina
Sculpture no. 7
1947
Wood, mobile parts
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier with Joseph Savina
Sculpture no. 43, La Cathédrale
1964
Iroko wood and painted mahogany
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
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Small Man
1944
Wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier with Joseph Savina
Sculpture no. 6
1947–48
Painted wood on a yew wood base
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier with Joseph Savina
The Child is There
1961
Painted wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier with Joseph Savina
Sculpture no 4, Ozon Opus I
1947
Painted alder wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier with Joseph Savina
Panurge
1964
Teak
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier at his work in the studio, rue Nungesser-et-Coli, Paris, c.1960
Photograph by Michel Sima © Getty Images
Photographic enlargement
Study for Sculpture no. 4, Ozon Opus I
1940
Ink and gouache on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier with Joseph Savina
Sculpture no. 4, Ozon Opus I
1947
Painted wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
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Ronchamp and the Late Works
Maisons Jaoul, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1951–1955
Model Vitra Design Museum
Notre-Dame-du-Haut chapel, Ronchamp, 1950–55
Original model, scale 1:100
Wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Notre-Dame-du-Haut chapel, Ronchamp,
1950–55
East facade
22 November 1950
Ink and pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Notre-Dame-du-Haut chapel, Ronchamp, 1950–55
Plan of the roof with its skeleton structure
Undated
Black and blue pencil on heliograph paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Notre-Dame-du-Haut chapel, Ronchamp, 1950–55
Details of gargoyles
24 May–21 June 1954
Ink and pencil on heliograph paper, drawn by Talati, changes made by André Maissonnier
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Notre-Dame-du-Haut chapel, Ronchamp, 1950–55
Foundation plan
9 September 1953, modified several times
Pencil on heliograph paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Notre-Dame-du-Haut chapel, Ronchamp, 1950–55
Floor plan
16 April 1953
Ink and pencil on paper, drawn by André Maisonnier
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Notre-Dame-du-Haut chapel, Ronchamp, 1950–55
Fondation Le Corbusier
Photographic enlargement
Notre-Dame-du-Haut chapel, Ronchamp, 1950–55
Photographs by Lucien Hervé, 1950
Contact prints mounted on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Notre-Dame-du-Haut chapel, Ronchamp, 1950–55
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Photographic enlargement
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Selection of dust jacket designs and maquettes for the book Ronchamp
1956
Gouache and ink on paper, black pencil and colour ink on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Notre-Dame-du-Haut chapel, Ronchamp, 1950–55
Photographs by Lucien Hervé, 1950
Contact prints mounted on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
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Unité d’habitation
Unité d’habitation, Marseille, 1945–52
Model, wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Unité d’habitation, Marseille, 1945–52
Model to demonstrate the ‘bottle rack’ principle Wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Pavillon Suisse, Cité Universitaire,
Paris, 1929–33
Perspective view
Undated
Gelatin print on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Unité d’habitation, Marseille, 1945–52
First project for the Madrague district
Perspective
1945
Ink and pencil on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Unité d’habitation, Marseille, 1945–52
West facade and floor plan of the roof terrace
31 May 1949
Ink, pencil and coloured pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Unité d’habitation, Marseille, 1945–52
View and floor plan of the roof terrace
31 May 1949
Ink, pencil and crayon on paper, drawn by Justino Serralta
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Unité d’habitation, Marseille, 1945–52
Study of the piloti
10 November 1947
Ink, pencil and coloured pencil on paper, drawn by Vladimir Bodiansky
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Unité d’habitation, Marseille, 1945–52
Colour scheme for the west facade
Undated
Pastel on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Unité d’habitation, Marseille, 1945–52
Study for a residential unit ‘Type A’
15 August 1945
Ink and gouache on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
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Unité d’habitation, Marseille, 1949–52
Photographs by Lucien Hervé
Contact prints mounted on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Unité d’habitation, Marseille 1945–52
Roof terrace
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Photographic enlargement
Charlotte Perriand
Chair used in the prototype apartment of the Unité d’habitation
1946–47
Wood
Collection Vitra Design Museum
Stool for the Pavillon du Brésil in the Cité Universitaire, Paris 1953–59
Wood
Collection Vitra Design Museum
Jean Prouvé
Chair used in the prototype apartment of the Unité d’habitation
1942
Wood, plywood
Collection Vitra Design Museum
Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand
Cuisine Atelier Le Corbusier
Kitchen unit ‘Type 1’ for the Unité d’habitation, Marseille, 1947–50
Wood, metal
Archives d’Architecture Moderne, Brussels
Unité d’habitation, Marseille, 1945–52
Model, wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Unité d’habitation, Marseille, 1945–52
Model to demonstrate the ‘bottle rack’ principle
Wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Ceramic objects from Le Corbusier’s private collection
Ceramic and paper objects from Le Corbusier’s private collection with designs by children
living in Unité d’habitation
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
13 L’Unité d’habitation
Special edition Le Point, Nr XXXVIII, 1950
Collection of Alexander von Vegesack
Excerpt from Le Corbusier
Film by Jacques Barsac
Approx. 5 min.
24
Nursery and kindergarten facilities on the roof of the Unité d’habitation, Marseille, 1945–52
Photograph by Sciarli
Fondation Le Corbusier
Photographic enlargement
25
Philips Pavilion
Model for the Philips Pavilion, World’s Fair in Brussels, 1958
Wood and resin
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Philips Pavilion, 1958
Study for a geometric object and its positioning in front of the pavilion
3 March 1958
Ink and pencil on paper, drawn by Iannis Xenakis
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Philips Pavilion, 1958
Floor plan with rain gutters
22 October 1956
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Philips Pavilion, 1958
Perspective ‘B’
22 October 1956
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Philips Pavilion, 1958
Plan for the garden
3 March 1957
Ink and pencil on paper, signed by Iannis Xenakis and Le Corbusier
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Philips Pavilion, 1958
Photographs by Lucien Hervé
Contact prints mounted on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Construction of the Philips Pavilion
1958
Gelatin silver prints mounted on cardboard
Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California
Construction of the Philips Pavilion
1958
Gelatin silver prints mounted on cardboard
Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California
Planning and Construction of the Philips Pavilion, 1957–58
Philips International BV, Company Archives
12 min.
Projection slide for showing the Poème électronique
Hand coloured glass transparency (copy)
Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California
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Le Corbusier and Edgard Varèse
Poème électronique
Played in the Philips Pavilion at the World’s Fair in Brussels, 1958
Philips-Museum, Eindhoven
Approx. 5 min.
Digital reconstruction of the Philips Pavilion, 1958
2003
Piet Lelieur, Brussels
Approx. 15 min.
Philips Pavilion at the World’s Fair in Brussels,1958
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Photographic enlargement
Model for the Philips Pavilion, World’s Fair in Brussels, 1958
1958
Wood and resin
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
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Chandigarh
Capitol, 1951–64
Model of the entire complex Original model, wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Parliament Building, 1951–64
Original model Wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
High Court, 1951–55
1955
Photographs by Lucien Hervé
Contact prints mounted on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Secretariat Building, 1951–58
1955
Photographs by Lucien Hervé
Contact prints mounted on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Assembly Building, 1951–62
1955
Photographs by Lucien Hervé
Contact prints mounted on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Open Hand Monument
For the Capitol
3 December 1957
Ink on paper,
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Governor’s Palace
Sectional view (silhouette)
5 November 1954
Paper on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Open Hand Monument
For the Capitol
23 April 1957
Drawn by Talati and André Maisonnier
Ink on heliograph paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Study for concrete ornaments
20 and 26 March 1956
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Design for a tapestry
For the Assembly Building
20 November 1961
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Gouache on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
High Court, 1951–55
Detail
1 April 1954
Ink and pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Sketch of the enamelled steel door
For the Assembly Building
1962
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
High Court, 1951–55
Detail
2 April 1954
Gouache on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Secretariat Building, 1951–58
View of the facade
June 1952
Ink and pencil on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Assembly Building, 1951–64
Floor plan of the 2nd storey
Undated
Coloured pencil on heliograph paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Assembly Building, 1951–64
Study for the entrance facade
25 October 1956
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Study for the roof construction
20 October 1956
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Capitol, 1951–64
Studies of solar radiation
Undated
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Secretariat Building, 1951–58
View of the facade
27 May 1952
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
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Governor’s Palace, 1951–54
Perspective
27 January 1954
Ink on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Woman, boat and shell
22 March 1965
Enamel
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Geometric composition
1962
Enamel
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Open Hand
1963
Enamel
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Excerpts from Chandigarh – City of Dreams
1965
Directed by Alain Tanner
Co-produced by Alain Tanner and Ernest Antaria
Approx. 5 min.
Excerpts from Chandigarh – The Beginnings of a Utopia
1998
Directed by Sylvain Roumette
Co-produced by arte, SWR, Medienkontor FFP GmbH and 360 Grad – Die GEO-Reportage
Approx. 5 min.
Capitol, 1951–64
Model of the entire complex
Original model, wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Assembly Building, 1951–64
Original model
Wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Assembly Building, 1951–64
Original model
Wood
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
The Musicians II
1957
Woven tapestry
Musée des beaux-arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
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Assembly Building, 1951–64
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Photographic enlargement
Villa Shodhan, Ahmedabad, 1951–56
Model, scale 1:33
Vitra Design Museum
Presence II or Guard your Wing in my Hand
1949/75
Woven cotton and wool
Collection of the Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Culture, Bern
South facade of the Assembly Building with the Secretariat in the background, Chandigarh,
1951–62
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Photographic enlargement
Hand drawing a right angle
Undated
Pencil on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
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Firminy
Le Corbusier and José Oubrerie
Saint-Pierre church, 1961–2006
Model, scale 1:20
Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole
Le Corbusier and José Oubrerie
Saint-Pierre church, 1961–2006
West facade
27 October 1970
Print on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and José Oubrerie
Saint-Pierre church, 1961–2006
South facade
12 December 1962
Heliograph print on paper
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier and José Oubrerie
Saint-Pierre church, 1961–2006
Copies of plans for reconstruction
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier in front of a model of the Saint-Pierre church, early 1960s
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Photographic enlargement
Le Corbusier and José Oubrerie
Saint-Pierre church, 1961–2006
Model, scale 1:50
Produced under the supervision of Le Corbusier
Yves Perret, Saint-Etienne
Le Corbusier and José Oubrerie
Saint-Pierre church, 1961–2006
Model, scale 1:20
Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole
Carnet de chantier
Film by Christian Garrier
Approx. 52 min.
Studies for Sunlight on Firminy
c.1960
Paint on cardboard
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris
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