368 - Éric Touchaleaume & Gérald Moreau

Éric Touchaleaume & Gérald Moreau Le Corbusier – Pierre Jeanneret L’Aventure indienne / The Indian Adventure Design – Art – Architecture Paris, Éditions Gourcuff Gradenigo / Éric Touchaleaume – Galerie 54, 2010. Bilingual French-English edition. Hardcover, richly illustrated. Copy signed and inscribed by Éric Touchaleaume. An important reference work devoted to the work of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in India, particularly the design and planning of Chandigarh, one of the major architectural and urban planning projects of the 20th century. The book provides extensive documentation of the architecture, interior design, and furniture specifically designed for Chandigarh’s various administrative, institutional, and academic buildings. Rich in illustrations and extensive documentation, it enables, in particular, the identification and cataloging of the various furniture designs by Pierre Jeanneret, which are now among the most sought-after creations of postwar modernist design. This out-of-print and highly sought-after volume serves as an important bibliographic reference for the Indian work of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret and the furniture of Chandigarh.