Important Design

Important Design

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Property from a Private Florida Collection

Pierre Jeanneret

"Pigeonhole" Desk

Auction Closed

December 6, 05:52 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Florida Collection

Pierre Jeanneret

"Pigeonhole" Desk


circa 1957

model No. PJ-BU-02-A

teak, leather, aluminum

28⅛ x 48⅛ x 32⅞ in. (71.4 x 122.2 x 85.5 cm)

Chandigarh, India
Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2019
Laurence Seguin and Patrick Seguin, eds., Le Corbusier - Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India, Paris 2014, pp. 246-249, 267 and 288
Eric Touchelaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret:  L'Aventure Indienne, Paris, 2010, pp. 200-201 and 572

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