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CH010607
Low chair known as "kangourou" in solid teak and braided canework. Canework seat and backrest on a profiled teak structure forming a base at the back. Two slanting, profiled legs at the front.
The slightly curved backrest, seat and leg follow on from each other to form a horizontal "Z" shape.
Circa 1955.
Dimensions:
Provenance: Hall of the General Hospital, sector 32 and private homes in Chandigarh.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Artcurial, similar model, sale on 24/10/2011 in Paris, pages 110-111, lot no. 48. Pair sold for €40193.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Dorotheum, similar model, sale on 22/11/2011 in Vienna - Austria, page 115, lot no.207. Sold for €15180.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Leclere, similar model, sale on 28/04/2014 in Marseille, page 46, lot no. 42. Pair sold for €44030.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Dorotheum, similar model, sale on 04/11/2015 in Vienna - Austria, page 32, lot no. 23. Sold for €22500.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Sotheby’s, similar model, sale on 31/10/2017 in Paris, page 127, lot no. 95. Pair sold for €56250
Photo ref. : Similar model in "Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India" by Galerie Patrick Seguin, pages 146, 204, 205, 284.
Photo ref.: Similar model in "Chandigarh, Pierre Jeanneret" by François Laffanour - Laffanour Galerie Downtown, Paris, 2015, page 86.
