Photograph of a study model for Unité d'habitation composed of a main wooden structural grid, two cardboard grids representing the loggias, and a cardboard tube, possibly the elevator shaft, Marseille, France

People:

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

Title:

Date:

1945-1952

Description:

- 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.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Stage and Purpose:

study model

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 21.6 x 17.0 cm

Reference number:

PH1985:0861

Point of View:

close-up view
exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by unknown hands, in blue felt-tip pen, on the print, verso, c. to c.r.: "PV 5003 GPV" [diagonally]; and in blue ball-point pen, c. to c.r.: "Bottler"[diagonally] stamped - in blue ink, on the print, verso, l.c. to l.l.: "Photo Lucien HERVÉ / 31, rue Vineuse, PAR[IS 16e - PAS]sy 20 - 65 / MENTION du NOM OBLIGATOIRE" [upside down]

Location:

France

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

model (representation)
elevator shaft (space)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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