View of the first floor terrace of Villa Savoye showing a temporary [?] brick wall constructed inside the living room windows, possibly during World War II, Poissy, France

People:

Lucien Hervé (photographer)
Madame Pierre Savoye (client)
Pierre Savoye (client)
Le Corbusier (architect)

Title:

View of the first floor terrace of Villa Savoye showing a temporary [?] brick wall constructed inside the living room windows, possibly during World War II, Poissy, France

Date:

early 1960s

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)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 14.5 x 24.3 cm

Reference number:

PH1985:0906

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by unknown hands, in blue ball-point pen, on the print, verso, c.r.: "VS6/5"; and in pen and black ink, l.r.: with title stamped - in blue ink, on the print, verso, u.c.: "Photo Lucien HERVÉ / 31, rue Vineuse, [PARIS 16e] - PASsy 20 - 65 / MENTION du NOM OBLIGATOIRE"

Location:

France

Subject:

architecture

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

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