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Photograph
1955 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A photograph depicting the pillars of a Modernist housing unit designed by Le Corbusier.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print
Brief description
Photograph by Lucien Herve, detail of l'Unité d'Habitation de Nantes-Rezé [housing unit in Nantes-Rezé] by Le Corbusier, gelatin silver print, 1955
Physical description
A photograph depicting the pillars of a Modernist housing unit designed by Le Corbusier.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.4cm (Note: Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1997)
  • Width: 17.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed 'LH'. Inscribed on the back in pencil 'Le Corbusier/Nantes Reze 1955'
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1997
Collection
Accession number
E.2287-1997

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Record createdApril 8, 2009
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