Salubra
by LE CORBUSIER
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
1959. LE CORBUSIER. Salubra. La Deuxieme Collection. 12 pp. Illustrated with 14 double-page wallpaper samples, 20 single-page monochrome wallpaper samples, and a "Clavier de Couleurs" laid down on rear inside cover. Oblong folio, 360 x 240 mm, bound in original publisher's cloth-backed illustrated boards. Basel: Salubra, 1959. Le Corbusier designed two collections of colours for the Salubra wallpaper company, the "Clavier de Couleurs" of 1931, with 43 colours, and this the 1959 collection, with 20 colours. In this second collection, reflecting the changes in his views, the 20 single colours are assembled on a single clavier. In the first collection he organized the tones on 12 sample cards in such a manner that one could use a slider to isolate or combine different sets of three to five colours. Each of these cards contained a different chromatic atmosphere, intended to produce a particular spatial effect. Thus Le Corbusier not only created a useful tool but also a kind of testament of the purist theory of colour. Although not as rare as the legendary first collection, this is still rare and even more so in such fine condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ursus Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143461
- Title
- Salubra
- Author
- LE CORBUSIER
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1959
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