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25 March 2021
Pierre Jeanneret, Linen chest from the M.L.A. Flats building, Chandigarh - Image 1 of 2
Pierre Jeanneret, Linen chest from the M.L.A. Flats building, Chandigarh - Image 2 of 2
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Pierre Jeanneret, Linen chest from the M.L.A. Flats building, Chandigarh - Image 1 of 2
Pierre Jeanneret, Linen chest from the M.L.A. Flats building, Chandigarh - Image 2 of 2
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Pierre Jeanneret

Linen chest from the M.L.A. Flats building, Chandigarh

France/India, c. 1955
teak, cane, steel 16¾ h × 27¾ w × 17¾ d in (43 × 70 × 45 cm)
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $21,250
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provenance: M.L.A. Flats building, Chandigarh, India | Private Collection
literature: Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret: The Indian Adventure, Design-Art-Architecture, Touchaleaume and Moreau, pg. 596

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[Chandigarh] is the biggest example in India of experimental architecture [...] It hits you on the head and makes you think. I like the creative approach, not being tied down by what has been done by our forefathers but thinking in new terms […] in the ultimate analysis, a thing which fits in with social functions is beautiful.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Former Prime Minister of India

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