FurnitureSwiss20th century
Stool from the Maison du Brésil, Cité Universitaire, Paris
1959
Artists
Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret)Artist
Dimensions
24.8 × 32.7 × 41.9 cm (9 3/4 × 12 7/8 × 16 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Cité Universitaire de Paris, Maison du Brésil; [Galerie Francois Laffanour, Paris], sold; to David Teiger, Bernardsville, NJ; The Estate of David Teiger, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2017.
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