painted steel, laminated beech plywood, thermoformed plastic
27¹⁄₂ x 33³⁄₄ x 33³⁄₄ in. (70 x 85.8 x 85.8 cm)
each drawer molded with MODELE CHARLOTTE PERRIAND BREVETE S.G.D.G. and the three later drawers molded with CHARLOTTE PERRIAND ADAGP 2002 TIRAGE LIMITE BRESIL 02 MADE IN FRANCE

Orange Group, New York
Robert Rubin, New York
Équipement Intérieur: A Private Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 18 December 2004, lot 531
Sotheby's, New York, 28 March 2008, lot 86
Acquired from the above by the present owner

F. Choay, "Vous montre le Pavillon du Brésil que Le Corbusier vient d'achever à la Cité Universitaire de Paris," L'œil, no. 57, September 1959, pp. 54-59 (for a discussion of the commission), 58
É. Vedrenne, "Le Corbu à la Cité U.," L'œil, no. 501, November 1998, pp. 70-75 (for a discussion of the commission); 72, no. 3
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Un art d’habiter, 1903–1959, Paris, 2005, pp. 462-469 (for a discussion of the commission), 469
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works, Volume 3, 1956-1968, Zurich, 2017, pp. 364 (for text regarding Perriand as the designer of furnishings for Maison du Brésil) and 368-369
F. Laffanour, ed., Living with Charlotte Perriand, Paris, 2019, p. 356

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