Polychromie Architecturale Le Corbusiers Farbenklaviaturen von 1931 und 1959 Le Corbusier’s Color Keyboards from 1931 and 1959 Les Claviers de Couleurs de Le Corbusier de 1931 et de 1959 3 Volumes in Slipcase

Le Corbusier; Ruegg, Arthur (ed)

$550.00

Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag
Place Published: Basel
Edition: 1st thus
Date Published: 1997
Illustrator: profusely illustrated
Size: landscape 4to

3 Volume set, being a study and re-publication of Le Corbusier’s color studies, including a volume of ‘Color Swatches’ as per the series of swatches produced by the Basel wallpaper company Salubra in 1931, a volume of ‘Color Keyboards’ which Le Corbusier originally produced in 1959 as an instrument for the harmonic use of color in architecture, and a further volume of text outlining Le Corbusier’s thoughts and theories on color in architecture, and how it may function in largely white spaces; text by Arthur Ruegg (in German, English, and French); includes bibliography; the volume of text includes copious illustrations in colour and b&w; all volumes black stiff card with white titling to spines; all volumes Very Good (with mild curling to corners of text block for color swatches volume); housed in printed illustrated slipcase (lightly rubbed, with one or two minor worn patches).

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