LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965) and Giani RATTAN SINGH

THE CITY AND THE ENCLOSURE – CIRCA 1953 / 1956

Free-form plank in solid teak engraved with a motif symbolizing the plan of a city and its enclosure.

35 x 53 x 3 cm

Provenance: Giani Rattan Singh Collection. Chandigarh.

Bibliography: – “Le Corbusier, Carnet Nivola II 1952-1959”, p. 23, illus. related sketch from June 18

1953. Le Corbusier Foundation Archives, Paris.

– “Corbusier’s Concrete”, Challenges of Conserving Modern Heritage, Kiran Joshi Editor,

Chandigarh, 2005, cover page, pp. 62-63 (imprint reproduced). – “Le Corbusier, The Art of

Architecture”, Catalogue of the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rheim, 2007, p. 323 (imprint

reproduced).

– Eric Touchaleaume and Gérald Moreau, “Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret – The Indian Adventure, Design

Art Architecture” Ed. Gourcuff Gradenigo / Eric Touchaleaume, Paris, 2010, pp. 515, 619.