Balkrishna Doshi and Le Corbusier - The Collector: Icons of Design New York Tuesday, December 16, 2014 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Mill Owners’ Association Building, Ahmedabad
    Robert Rubin, New York
    Sotheby's, New York, "Équipment Intérieur: A Private Collection," December 18, 2004, lot 547
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    ILLUSTRATED
    Eric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret: L'Aventure Indienne / The Indian Adventure – Design - Art -Architecture, Paris, 2010, pp. 481, 608

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present unique cabinet, built circa 1953-54, appeared in the “Managing Committee Room” of Le Corbusier’s Palais des Filateurs, otherwise known as the Mill Owners’ Association Building, Ahmedabad (1951-1954).

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Unique cabinet, model no. LC-AH-08-A, from the Mill Owners’ Association Building, Ahmedabad

1953-1954
Teak, birch-veneered wood, ebonized wood,
89 1/2 x 81 x 17 1/4 in. (227.3 x 205.7 x 43.8 cm)
The front stenciled with A.T.M A. 174 and M.O.A. 13.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000 

Sold for $56,250

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The Collector: Icons of Design

New York Auction 16 December 2014 5pm