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

View of unassembled elements of a study model for Unité d'habitation showing the corner of the main wooden structural grid, a cardboard grid representing the loggias, and several cardboard tubes, possibly elevator and ventilation shafts, Marseille, France

1945-1952

- 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.

• study model

Gelatin silver print

composition: 23,8 x 17,6 cm sheet: 23,9 x 18,2 cm

PH1985:0862

• close-up view
• exterior view

inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in blue felt-tip pen, on the print, verso, u.l.: "PV 5002 GPV" [upside down] stamped - in blue ink, on the print, verso, c. to l.c.: "Photo Lucien HERVÉ / 31, rue Vineuse, PAR[IS 16e - PAS]sy 20 - 65 / MENTION du NOM OBLIGATOIRE" [sideways]

France

• architecture

• model (representation)
• elevator shaft (space)
• ventilation shaft (space)

© Lucien Hervé