Room divider | Wright

Estimated value: 15.000-20.000 US$

Auction:
Modernist 20 Century

Sales date: 2003-12-07

Location:
Chicago

Lot number: 260

Design

Le Corbusier
Year 1958

Architonic id

4103326

Room divider from Les Unites d'Habitation housing complex, Firminy, France
Oak, wood, laminate
72"w x 21.5"d x 55.5"h
Le Corbusier designed this cabinet as a pass-through storage system and room divider for the Les Unites d'Habitation en France. The cabinet is finished on all sides and each side contains two pairs of sliding doors.
Literature:
Le Corbusier: Les unit?s d'habitation en France, Monnier, pg. 159 illustrates the cabinet