Essential Design 
12 January 2023
Pierre Jeanneret, Folding screen from the Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh - Image 1 of 4
Pierre Jeanneret, Folding screen from the Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh - Image 2 of 4
Pierre Jeanneret, Folding screen from the Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh - Image 3 of 4
Pierre Jeanneret, Folding screen from the Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh - Image 4 of 4
Essential Design 
Pierre Jeanneret, Folding screen from the Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh - Image 1 of 4
Pierre Jeanneret, Folding screen from the Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh - Image 2 of 4
Pierre Jeanneret, Folding screen from the Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh - Image 3 of 4
Pierre Jeanneret, Folding screen from the Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh - Image 4 of 4
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Pierre Jeanneret

Folding screen from the Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh

France/India, c. 1957
teak, linen, brass 67 h × 63 w × 1¾ d in (170 × 160 × 4 cm)
estimate: $6,000–8,000
result: $7,560
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provenance: Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh, India | Private Collection | Wright, Important Design, 10 December 2019, Lot 137 | Private Collection
literature: Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India, Galerie Patrick Seguin, pg. 289 Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret: The Indian Adventure, Design-Art-Architecture, Touchaleaume and Moreau, pg. 597

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The aesthetic sense will not depend in any case on the richness of the material or on what it is meant to be, but on the richness of spirit, imagination and invention. A work without invention and truth will not be a milestone across the centuries.

Pierre Jeanneret

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