cedar and teak, cotton upholstered cushions, webbed support straps
26³⁄₄ x 78³⁄₄ x 36¹⁄₄ in. (67.9 x 200 x 92.1 cm)

Punjab University, Boys and Girls Hostel, Chandigarh
Eric Touchaleaume, Paris
Christie’s, New York, Jean Prouvé's Prototype Maison Tropicale and Works by Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret from the Collection of Eric Touchaleaume, 5 June 2007, lot 260
Acquired from the above by the present owner

K. Joshi, Documenting Chandigarh: The Indian Architecture of Pierre Jeanneret, Edwin Maxwell Fry, Jane Beverly Drew, vol. 1, Ahmedabad, 1999, pp. 151-155, 278-279 (for discussion on the Hostels at Chandigarh designed by Jeanneret)
E. Touchaleaume and M. Vigo, Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret: The Indian Adventure, Design-Art-Architecture, Montreuil, 2010 p. 590
Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret Chandigarh, India, 1951-66, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2014, pp. 212-213, 285

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