View through an arch to the Assembly Building, the Governor's Palace and the Open Hand Monument, Chandigarh, India

People:

Le Corbusier (draughtsman)

Title:

View through an arch to the Assembly Building, the Governor's Palace and the Open Hand Monument, Chandigarh, India

Date:

1951

Description:

- This pen sketch by Le Corbusier shows the proposed Assembly Building, the Governor's Palace and the Open Hand monument for Chandigargh, India. The inscription at the l.r. indicates that the sketch was made in New York during June of 1951. Le Corbusier made the drawing for Arthur Drexler, probably while explaining the project to him (Malkin 1987).

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

conceptual drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink, traces of graphite, on paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 53.2 x 56.1 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0097

Drawing Type:

line drawing
sketch

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- There are fragments of tape and traces of glue at the corners and t. edge at verso.

Inscription:

inscribed, signed and dated - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, l.r.: "Chandigarh / (Punjab) / L-C / 51 New York june" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.r.: "A"

Subject:

architecture

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

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