Finding Aid for the Lucien Hervé photographs of architecture and artworks by Le
Corbusier
Talia Olshefsky
Descriptive Summary
Title: Lucien Hervé photographs of architecture and artworks by Le Corbusier
Date (inclusive): 1949-1965
Number: 2002.R.41
Creator/Collector:
Hervé,
Lucien
Physical Description:
12.6 linear feet
(42 boxes)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The collection contains over 18,000 photographic negatives, 1,700
color slides, and 1,200 transparencies taken by Lucien Hervé, Le Corbusier's official
photographer. Organized by project, this photographic material includes both Hervé's
original negatives and copys negatives from the work of other photographers who have
documented Le Corbusier's architectural projects. Subjects include Le Corbusier's executed
buildings, unrealized architectural designs, and non-architectural works, such as paintings,
tapestries, and sculptures. The collection also contains hundreds of portraits of Le
Corbusier, both formal and informal.
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Language: Collection material is in English, with some French.
Biographical / Historical
One of the most prominent architectural photographers of the twentieth century, Lucien
Hervé created a body of work, inspired by a Modernist philosophy, that remains uniquely
identifiable. His tightly cropped images, in high contrast, offering oblique views, and
often favoring the shadows cast by a form over an investigation of the form itself place an
emphasis on mood, and on providing the viewer access to the transcendental nature of
structure. Although Hervé worked with many of the influential architects of the twentieth
century, his fifteen-year collaboration with architect Le Corbusier defines his career.
Hervé served as Le Corbusier's official photographer from 1949 until the architect's death
in 1965.
Lucien Hervé was born László Elkán on August 7, 1910, in Hódmezovásárhely, a city in
south-east Hungary. The son of middle-class parents, Elkán showed artistic inclinations as a
child, first through seriously dedicating himself to the piano, and later bydemonstrating an
interest in drawing. At the age of eighteen he left home for Vienna, Austria, enrolling in
university to study economics, an endeavor that was soon abandoned in favor of drawing
courses at Vienna's Akademie der bildenden Künste. A year later he went to Paris, taking a
job as a bank clerk, while spending his free time exploring the city's museums. By the early
1930s he had become involved in fashion, and worked as a designer for many notable houses,
including Patou, Chanel, Rochas, and Schiaparelli.
The worldwide Great Depression had a crushing impact on the economy and social stability of
Paris in the 1930s. Lingering post-war debt and vast unemployment led to the legal
implementation of shortened work-hours, which sparked labor disputes, worker strikes, and
violent confrontations. This unstable climate inspired Elkán to join the French Communist
Party in 1934. He was instrumental in the organization of the 1935 Paris labor strikes and
became the secretary-general of the Central Labor Organization, a labor union affiliated
with the Communist Party. Elkán was expelled from the Communist Party in 1938, after which
he began working with fellow Hungarian Nicolás Müller, the cousin of a close friend. The
pair produced several articles for the publication
Marianne, a weekly Paris
news magazine. Müller spoke very little French, so Elkán produced the text, while Müller
supplied the photographs, and the resulting essays were credited to Müller. Müller left
France for Spain in September 1938, and Elkán continued producing photographs for the
magazine using Müller's byline.
By 1939 Elkán had become a naturalized citizen of France and was drafted into the French
army. He continued to take photographs during his service, producing photo essays that were
published in
Vu. Captured by German forces during the Battle of Dunkirk in June
1940, he was held captive as a prisoner of war in East Prussia, and later formally arrested
for his involvement in resistance activities within the prison camp. In September 1941 he
escaped and traveled to Vichy, France, where he resumed his work with the French Resistance.
By 1943 he had rejoined the Communist Party, and this time he did so under a new name -
Lucien Hervé.
Hervé spent the following years actively involved in the Mouvement National des Prisonniers
de Guerre et Déportés, until his second expulsion from the Communist Party in June 1947. At
this time he took pictures for a variety of magazines, including
France
Illustration
,
Points de vue,
Regards, and
Lilliput. He also notably returned to an architectural subject he had first
explored ten years earlier, the Eiffel Tower. Hervé took hundreds of photographs of the
cultural icon, even reviewing its architectural plans, a tactic he would later employ in his
consideration of Le Corbusier's work.
A desire to meet and photograph Henri Matisse led Hervé to connect with Father Marie-Alain
Couturier, a Dominican priest who had befriended Matisse during the construction of the
Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence on the French Riviera. Father Couturier, the publisher of the
French journal
L'art sacré, has been credited with bringing a modern
perspective to religious art. In 1949 Father Couturier was in Marseille, and happened to
walk by the construction site of Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation; he contacted Hervé
suggesting the housing project would make a suitable subject for Hervé's lens. Hervé
approached the publication
France Illustration seeking a commission, but the
idea was not well received. Fortunately
Plaisir de France felt differently,
and Hervé departed for Marseille on assignment in early December 1949. Due to limited funds,
Hervé gave himself one day to photograph the housing block with his Rolleiflex 6x6, famously
shooting six hundred and fifty negatives over the course of a bright and sunny day.
In accordance with a notice posted at the building site's entrance instructing that copies
of all photographs taken of the building be sent directly to Le Corbusier, Hervé promptly
sent the architect contact prints of his negatives. On December 15, 1949, Hervé received a
letter of praise from Le Corbusier - a now well-documented letter that marked a new
beginning in Hervé's career, as well as the beginning of an enduring relationship though
which, in a sentiment expressed so well by Marco Iuliano, a "new, more humane idea of
Modernity was formed and broadcast around the world (Iuliano, 2016, 1100)." From that point
onward, Lucien Hervé served as Le Corbusier's official photographer. Hervé photographed Le
Corbusier's current architectural projects, and was also commissioned by the architect to
document earlier projects. Le Corbusier wanted to see all of his architecture through
Hervé's lens, so as to create a stylistic harmony in the documentation of his ideas. The two
men worked closely to create a visual archive of Le Corbusier's architecture and artwork,
producing a multitude of highly-edited sets of negatives and contact prints that function as
the official record of Le Corbusier's legacy.
Le Corbusier experienced heart-failure while swimming at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in August,
1965. The collaboration that had defined Hervé's career had ended, but he would continue to
be recruited by many renowned architects, all eager to see their work translated through
this photographer with the so-called "soul of an architect" (Le Corbusier to Lucien Hervé,
December, 1949.) He photographed the work of Marcel Breuer, Richard Neutra, Paolo Nervi,
Walter Gropius, Alvar Aalto, Oscar Niemeyer, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Hervé was also generous
with his time, and frequently engaged with young architectural students who came to him
seeking advice.
Hervé died on the 26th of June, 2007, in Paris, France, at the age of 96.
Bibliography
Beer, Olivier.
Lucien Hervé: Building Images. Los Angeles: Getty Research
Institute, 2004.
Iuliano, Marco. "Lucien Hervé and Le Corbusier: Pair or Peers?"
The Journal of
Architecture
21:7(2016): 1100-1126.
Sbriglio, Jacques.
Le Corbusier & Lucien Hervé: A Dialogue Between Architect and
Photographer.
Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2011.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for use by qualified researchers.
Preferred Citation
Lucien Hervé photographs of architecture and artworks by Le Corbusier, 1949-1965, The Getty
Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2002.R.14.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2002r41
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 2002.
Processing Information
In the fall of 2006 Alan Tomlinson rehoused this collection in archival binders and
conducted a detailed inventory of its scope and contents, with the exception of five boxes
of negatives which remained unprocessed.
In the fall of 2016, Talia Olshefsky completed the processing of the remaining five boxes
(Boxes 39-42) by rehousing them and cataloging their contents. Olshefsky created this
finding aid based on Tomlinson's original inventory and documentation, under the supervision
of Ann Harrison.
Related Materials
Photographic reproductions of Lucien Herve contact sheets [Photographed ca. 1950- ca. 1965;
digitized 2009], Getty Research Institute, accession no. 2010.R.14.
Persistent
Link:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2010r14
Le Corbusier manuscripts, sketches, correspondence, and photographs, 1911-1970 (bulk
1920-1955), Getty Research Institute, accession no. 920083.
Persistent Link:
http://primo.getty.edu/GRI:GETTY_ALMA21137782530001551
Collection contains manuscripts for lectures (including radio talks), published and
unpublished writings that include a film project, sketches related to writings on modern
architecture, urbanism, and correspondence.
"Le Corbusier, 1954." Alexander Liberman photography archive, ca. 1925-ca. 1998. Getty
Research Institute, accession no. 2000.R.19.
Persistent Link:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2000r19_107
Portraits of Le Corbusier in his Paris studio taken by Alexander Liberman. Consists of six
black-and-white photographs.
"Job 3624: Le Corbusier, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
1963." Julius Shulman photography archive, 1936-1997. Getty Research Institute, accession
no. 2004.R.10.
Persistent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2004r10/job3624
Exterior views of Le Corbusier's Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard
University, taken by photographer Julius Shulman. Consists of five black-and-white
photographs.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection presents the work of Le Corbusier, the influential artist, thinker, and
pioneering Modernist architect, as seen through the lens of photographer Lucien Hervé. Hervé
was chosen by Le Corbusier to be his official photographer in 1949, a role Hervé maintained
until the architect's death in 1965. Le Corbusier felt that there was no photographer who
better understood his architecture than Hervé, and therefore commissioned him to document
both the new buildings he designed and built in the 1950s and 1960s, and older ones
completed before World War II. The collection includes images of executed buildings,
unrealized architectural designs, portraits, and Le Corbusier's non-architectural works,
including his sketches, notes, paintings, and sculptures.
Series I contains photographic negatives, transparencies, and slides documenting 119 of Le
Corbusier's architectural projects. It includes the 650 negatives of L'Unité d'habitation à
Marseille shot by Hervé in December 1949; his striking images of the Chapelle
Notre-Dame-du-Haut de Ronchamp; and his extensive documentation of Le Corbusier's multiple
structures in Chandigarh and Ahmedabad, India. This matieral not only serves as a record of
Hervé's photographic practice, but also inherently demonstrates the role Hervé played in Le
Corbusier's attempt to document his own legacy. Some of the negatives in this series are
copy negatives (predominantly glass plates) produced in the 1920s and 1930s by the various
photographers previously employed by Le Corbusier. Hervé's work copying these images,
labeling them and compiling them chronologically by project, shows us the level at which he
and the architect were mutually committed to creating a comprehensive visual archive.
Le Corbusier sought the services of many photographers throughout his career. The following
is a list of those known to have documented his work, followed by the dates they are known
to have produced images for Le Corbusier. This series contains Hervé's copies of original
negatives by some or all of the following photographers:
Frédéric Boissonnas (1924-1928); Charles Gérard (1924-1928); Thiriet (1928-1930); Marius
Gravot (1930-1933); René Lévy (1934); Albin Salaun (1934 to late 1940s); Jacques Thalmann;
the brothers Chevojon; Marius Car; Louis Sciarli; Vittorio Mazzucconi; Brassaï; Robert
Doisneau; René Burri; Sigfried Giedion; Frank-Henri Jullien; and René Maestri.
Series II contains Hervé's images of Le Corbusier's life and work, extending beyond the
scope of his architectural practice. It documents Le Corbusier's artwork, often depicting
his sketches and paintings shot individually in the studio at 24 rue Nungesser-et-Coli,
Paris; "on site" elements of architectural projects such as Le Modulor imprinted in concrete
at L'Unité d'habitation à Nantes-Rezé and the tapestries and murals of Chandigarh, and
artwork shot on site at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. Both Le Corbusier's cabanon and E-1027, and
the art they contained, are well documented. It includes Hervé's portraits of Le Corbusier,
from fleeting moments captured during site visits, to formal portrait sessions, to intimate
images of Le Corbusier, his wife Yvonne, and friends vacationing by the sea at
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. This series also includes images taken from Le Corbusier's notebooks
(including those created during his travels through Europe in the early 1900s);
documentation of exhibitions of Le Corbusier's work; and a small number of miscellaneous
images and reference materials labeled "collections d'objets trouvés."
Similar to Series I, some of the negatives in Series II were not produced by Hervé. It
contains original, pre-World War II negatives (photographers unknown), that are believed to
have been acquired by Hervé through Le Corbusier, probably intentionally in order to have
them added to Le Corbusier's overall "archive."
The black-and-white negatives in this collection were those used to produce the
much-publicized contact sheets Hervé and Le Corbusier created as a visual archive of Le
Corbusier's work. The Getty Research Institute maintains digital reproductions of these
contact prints that are available online for consultation; the original contact sheets are
held in the Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris, France. See Photographic reproductions of Lucien
Hervé contact sheets [Photographed ca. 1950- ca. 1965; digitized 2009].
All dates enclosed in parentheses represent project dates, or the dates of the original
material in the case of artworks and notebooks, and do not reflect specific dates of
exposure or printing for this photographic material, as these dates remain undetermined.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series: Series I. Architectural projects (1905-1968),
1949-1965; Series II. Artwork, portraits, and notebooks (1907-circa 1960), 1949-1965,
undated.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Architects -- France
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century
Architectural photography -- 20th century
Contributors
Hervé,
Lucien
Le Corbusier
Series I.
Architectural projects (1905-1967),
1949-1965
Scope and Content Note
This series documents Le Corbusier's architectural projects, including executed
buildings, unrealized designs, and conceptual planning projects, through photographic
slides and negatives, some of which are accompanied by contact prints. Organized by
project, this photographic material was compiled by Lucien Hervé and Le Corbusier, and
includes both Hervé's negatives and copies of negatives made by other photographers,
including but not limited to, Charles Gérard, Marius Gravot, and Frédéric Boissonnas.
Hervé worked closely with Le Corbusier on the selection of images for publication, and
he also played the role of archivist by collecting, or creating, copies of existing
images of Le Corbusier's early work. Included in this series are many images of pages
from the eight volumes of Le Corbusier: Œuvre complète, depicting the
publication of photographs and drawings, which again highlights the comprehensiveness of
Hervé's efforts. While the majority of the black-and-white images of architectural
projects completed during the 1920s and 1930s in this series are copy negatives of
images taken by other photographers, it is important to note that they are frequently
accompanied by color slides of the same buildings and sites taken by Hervé during the
1950s and 1960s.
Many of the copy negatives present here are assumed to have originally been glass plate
negatives and many were numbered, either on the plate itself or on a corresponding
contact print. Where these numbers have been identified, they are noted as: "Original
negative numbers." The copy negatives are of various sizes and include negatives
believed to have been made from interpositives (many on crudely-cut unlabeled film,
fogged and slightly warped); negatives made from prints (made on pre-war 4 x 5 in. film,
unlabeled process film, and post-war film); and negatives derived from positives of
original glass plate negatives. Also included are positives of original glass plate
negatives, which are the sharpest of all copies.
All negatives have been rehoused with their original order maintained, with the
exception of negatives that were mislabeled. Mislabeled negatives have been integrated
into the correct project. Hervé assigned letter codes and a numbering system to each
project, but due to a large number of inconsistencies and material without designation,
each negative was individually numbered by the Getty Research Institute during the
original processing in 2006. The codes and numbering produced by the Getty are inspired
by the way in which Hervé labeled material. All project titles, their punctuation, and
dates have been taken directly from Le Corbusier's publications Le Corbusier:
Oeuvre complète (Volumes 1-8), unless otherwise noted. The dates listed in
parentheses are project dates, and do not reflect the dates on which the material was
shot or printed.
Many of the black-and-white negatives in this series are accompanied by original
annotated paper folders or glassine envelopes, and contact prints. Their presence is
noted where applicable.
Additional information: In the fall of 2006, Allan Tomlinson conducted a
detailed inventory of this collection. His resulting document contains the same
information found in this finding aid, but at a more granular level, often describing
the specific views depicted in individual negatives. All negative dimensions in this
series were taken directly from this legacy data, therefore the data is accurate, but
not always consistently expressed in standard archival nomenclature. Click here to view
this original document:
2006 Inventory .
Arrangement
This series is arranged in chronological order by architectural project.
Villa Fallet (1905-1907)
Scope and Content Note
Title taken from the catalog for the exhibition Le Corbusier: Architect of the
Century, Hayward Gallery, London, 1987.
Box 1
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
9
items
6 x 8 cm., 6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
VF 1-8A: Exterior views of villa. VF 7 is accompanied by an original annotated
glassine envelope.
Box 1
Color slides
Physical Description:
47
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
VF 9-55: Exterior views of villa. Two slides are unmounted. VF 37-55 are
misidentified in notes on mounts as photographs of Villa Stotzer or Villa
Jaquemet.
Box 1
Villa Stotzer (1907-1908)
Physical Description:
21
items
color slides
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
ST 1-21: Exterior views.
Title taken from the catalog for the exhibition La Chaux-de-Fonds et Jeanneret
avant Le Corbusier, Musée des beaux-arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland,
1987.
Villa Jaquemet (1907-1908)
Scope and Content Note
Title taken from the catalog for the exhibition La Chaux-de-Fonds et Jeanneret
avant Le Corbusier, Musée des beaux-arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland,
1987.
Box 1
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
5
items
6 x 8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
VJ 60-64: Exterior views and details of villa.
Box 1
Color slides
Physical Description:
59
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
VJ 1-59: Exterior views of villa and gardens. Some slides are misidentified in
notes on mounts as Villa Stotzer or Villa Jeanneret. VJ 21 and 36 are misidentified
as Villa Jacot.
Box 1
Ateliers d'artiste (1910)
Physical Description:
1
item
black-and-white negative
4 x 5
in.
Scope and Content Note
AA 1: Image of page 22 of Oeuvre complète, Volume 1, depicting
perspective drawings for a group of artists' studios.
Villa Favre-Jacot (1912)
Scope and Content Note
A private residence built for Georges Favre-Jacot, the founder of the watch
manufacturing company Zenith SA, Le Locle, Switzerland.
Title taken from the catalog for the exhibition La Chaux-de-Fonds et Jeanneret
avant Le Corbusier, Musée des beaux-arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland,
1987.
Box 1
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
5
items
6 x 8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
FJ 1-5: Exterior views and details of villa.
Box 1
Color slides
Physical Description:
39
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
FJ 6-44: Exterior views of villa, general views of villa's surroundings, and one
general view of Le Locle, Switzerland, the municipality of the villa.
Villa Jeanneret (1912)
Scope and Content Note
A private residence built for Le Corbusier's parents in La Chaux-de-Fonds,
Switzerland. Also known as "Villa Jeanneret-Perret" or "Maison Blanche."
Title taken from the catalog for the exhibition La Chaux-de-Fonds et Jeanneret
avant Le Corbusier, Musée des beaux-arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland,
1987.
Box 1
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
5
items
6 x 8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
JE 1-4A: Exterior views of villa and gardens.
Box 1
Color slides
Physical Description:
65
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
JE 5-69: Exterior views of villa and gardens.
Maison "Dom-ino" (1914-1915)
Scope and Content Note
A conceptual design for a wall-less, open floor plan structure that could be applied
to the mass production of housing units.
Box 2
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
8
items
4 x 5 in., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
MD 1-7, 9: Images of pages of Œuvre complète, Volume 1. MD 1-3 are
pages 24-26; MD 4 is page 23 (with the text masked out); MD 5-9 are images of the
illustrations on page 26.
Box 2
Black-and-white slides
Physical Description:
7
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
MD 8, 10-15: Images of illustrations on page 26 of Œuvre complète, Volume
1.
Villa Schwob (1916-1917)
Scope and Content Note
A private residence built for watchmaker Anatole Schwob in La Chaux-de-Fonds,
Switzerland. Also known as "Villa Turque."
Title taken from the catalog for the 1987 Hayward Gallery exhibition Le
Corbusier, Architect of the Century.
Box 2
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
46
items
6 x 6 cm., 6 x 8 cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
SC 1-45 [including SC 37A]: Views of the villa under construction, interior and
exterior views, and a general view of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. SC 36 is
accompanied by an original paper folder and a contact print.
Box 2
Color transparency
Physical Description:
1
item
6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
SC 73: Interior view.
Box 2
Color slides
Physical Description:
27
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
SC 46-72: Exterior views.
Box 2
Troyes (1919)
Physical Description:
2
items
black-and-white negatives
88 x 120
mm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
TR 1-2: Images of pages 26 and 29 of Œuvre complète, Volume 1, depicting
an unrealized design for a concrete housing development in Troyes, France. Also known
as the "Cité ouvrière du Vouldy." Both negatives are accompanied by original annotated
glassine envelopes.
Box 2
Maison "Monol" (1920)
Physical Description:
1
item
black-and-white negative
90 x 120
mm.
Scope and Content Note
MN 1: Image of page 30 of Œuvre complète, Volume 1 (with the text masked
off), depicting an unrealized design for a suburban housing development.
Box 2
Maison "Citrohan" (1920)
Physical Description:
8
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 8
cm.
Scope and Content Note
MC 1-8: Images of drawings and models for an unrealized project, a design for a
modern house that stresses efficiency of space and the use of standardized building
materials. MC 7-8 are accompanied by original annotated glassine sleeves.
Box 2
Salon d'automne (1922)
Physical Description:
1
item
black-and-white negative
174 x 235
mm.
Scope and Content Note
SO 1: Image of a plan for Une Ville Contemporaine being exhibited in
1922 at the Salon d'automne, an annual art exhibition held in Paris, France.
Villa à Vaucresson (1922)
Scope and Content Note
Private residence built for George Besnus in Vaucresson, France. Also known as "Villa
Besnus" or "Ker-Ka-Re."
Box 2
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
8
items
4 x 5 in., 6 x 8 cm., 117 x 177
mm.
Scope and Content Note
VV 1-8: Exterior views and one interior view. VV 1, 3 and 8-11 are accompanied by
original annotated glassine envelopes.
Original negative numbers: VV 4: 45 and 466; VV 6: 46 and 469.
Box 2
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
3
items
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
VV 9-12: Interior views and one exterior view.
Maison du peintre Ozenfant à Paris
(1922-1924)
Scope and Content Note
A structure combining both private living quarters and a painting studio for Amédée
Ozenfant, Paris, France.
Box 2
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
17
items
5 x 7 in., 4 x 5 in., 6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
MO 1-17: Exterior views of entire structure, and interior views of studio. MO 7, 9
and 17 are accompanied by their original annotated glassine envelopes.
Original negative numbers: MO 3: 68 (?) and 446; MO 4-5: 63 (two copies of same
negative); MO 11: 61 and 481; MO 13-15: 64 and 479 (three copies of same
negative).
Box 2
Color slides
Physical Description:
46
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
MO 18-63: Exterior and interior views.
Immeubles-villas (1922-1925)
Scope and Content Note
Unrealized design for a large-scale housing block with 120 rentable units.
Box 2
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
3
items
87 x 112 mm., 68 x 111 mm., 55 x 87
mm.
Scope and Content Note
IV 1-3: Images of pages 41, 43 and 92 of Œuvre complète, Volume 1.
Box 2
Black-and-white slide
Physical Description:
1
item
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
IV 4: Image of page 43 of Œuvre complète, Volume. 1.
Maisons La Roche et Jeanneret
(1923-1924)
Scope and Content Note
Images of a project consisting of two private residences that are physically
connected, located in the 16th arrondissement, Paris, France. Villa La Roche was
designed for Raoul La Roche, a Swiss banker, while the adjacent Villa Jeanneret was
designed for Albert Jeanneret (Le Corbusier's brother) and Lotti Raaf. The project was
designed by both Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret. Both dwellings now
house the Fondation Le Corbusier, which includes a museum and archives. Some of the
black-and-white negatives for this project are copies of images originally produced by
Frédéric Boissonnas, circa 1925.
Box 2
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
179
items
5 x 7 in., 4 x 5 in., 6 x 9 cm., 6 x 6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
ML 1-62, 64-176 [including 40A-40B, 74A]: Exterior and interior views, including
the entrance front of both houses, the dining room in Maison La Roche, and the
living room in Maison Jeanneret. Many of the negatives are accompanied by their
original annotated glassine envelopes.
Original negative numbers: ML 1: number indecipherable; ML 7: 490 (?); ML 8-9: 487
(last digit faded); ML 10-11: 106; ML 65: 118; ML 66-68: 119 and 540 (540 is crossed
out); ML 73: 115.
Box 3
Color slides
Physical Description:
158
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
ML 177-334: Exterior and interior views, and details of roof terraces and garden.
Includes views of the gallery wing of Maison La Roche and the artworks displayed
there.
Note: ML 197 and 198 are misidentified in notes on mounts as "VPL" (Villa Planeix)
and "VCO" (Villa Cook) respectively; 332 is misidentified as "Villa Planex" [sic] on
verso. ML 320-325 are possibly interior details of Maison Jeanneret.
Box 2
Black-and-white transparency
Physical Description:
1
item
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
ML 63: An interior view of the dining room in Maison Jeanneret.
Maisons Lipchitz et Miestchaninoff
(1923-1924)
Scope and Content Note
Images of a compound consisting of two houses and accompanying artist studios and
workshops, Boulogne-sur-Seine (Boulogne-Billancourt), France.
Box 3
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
22
items
6 x 8 cm., 5 x 7 in., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
LM 1-25 [including 19A]: Exterior and interior views, including views of the
garden. LM 3-4, 12, 18-19 and 20-25 are accompanied by original annotated glassine
envelopes.
Box 3
Color slides
Physical Description:
52
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
LM 30-76: Exterior and interior views. Includes exterior views of adjoining Canale
House (not designed by Le Corbusier), views of and from the roof terrace, and views
of the garden. One slide is unmounted.
Box 3
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
4
items
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
LM 22-25: Exterior views.
Box 3
Maisons en série pour artisans (1924)
Physical Description:
1
item
black-and-white negative
88 x 119
mm.
Scope and Content Note
MA 1: An image of page 54 of Œuvre complète, Volume 1.
Box 3
Cité Lège, ten houses for Henry Frugès
(1924)
Physical Description:
2
items
black-and-white negatives
90 x 112
mm., 97 x 114 mm.
Scope and Content Note
LF 1-2: Exterior views of the buildings under construction, with one showing the
canteen, Lège-Cap-Ferret, France. Title taken from the catalog for the exhibition
Le Corbusier: Architect of the Century, Hayward Gallery, London,
1987.
Petite villa au bord du lac Léman
(1925)
Box 3
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
26
items
4 x 5 in., 6 x 8 cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
VL 1-24 [including 14A, 24A]: Exterior and interior views, an image of two
photographs of the villa pinned to display board, and an image of page 67 from
Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la recherche patiente, 1960. VL 21 depicts
a man, possibly Albert Jeanneret, standing on the terrace. VL 1, 4 and 14A
accompanied by original annotated glassine envelopes.
Original negative numbers: VL 3-4: 242 and 492 (two copies of the same
negative).
Box 4
Color slides
Physical Description:
82
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
VL 29-111: Interior views and images of the roof terrace.
Box 3
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
4
items
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
VL 25-28: Exterior views.
Box 4
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
92
items
6 x 9 cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
PE 1-91, 112: Exterior views of the buildings, and one interior view of the living
room. Many negatives are numbered in marker and accompanied by original annotated
glassine envelopes.
Box 4
Black-and-white slides
Physical Description:
20
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
PE 92-111: Exterior views of buildings and images of page 78 of Œuvre
complète, Volume 1.
Box 4
Color slides
Physical Description:
13
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
PE 113-125: Exterior views of buildings.
Box 4
Villa Meyer, Paris (1925)
Physical Description:
4
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 86 x 111 mm., 99 x 123 mm.
Scope and Content Note
MY 1-4: Images of drawings, including axonometric drawings and reproductions from
pages 88 and 90 of Œuvre complète, Volume 1.
Petite maison d'artistes à Boulogne (Maison Ternisien)
(1925-1927)
Box 4
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
4
items
5 x 7 in., 92 x 120 mm., 6 x 7
cm.
Scope and Content Note
MT 2-5: Four copies of the same image of the garden and studio.
Original negative numbers: MT 4-5: 89 and 612 (612 is crossed out; two copies of
same negative).
Box 4
Black-and-white transparency
Physical Description:
1
item
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
MT 1: An image of the garden and studio (a copy of MT 2-5).
Pavillon de l'Esprit-Nouveau, Paris
(1925)
Box 4
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
40
items
4 x 5 in., 5 x 7 in., 6 x 9 cm
Scope and Content Note
EN 1, 3-40 [including EN 11A]: Exterior and interior views, a view of the
"jardins-suspendus," images of pages of Œuvre complète, Volume 1 pinned
to a display board, and images of photographs of the pavilion pinned to a display
board (some showing the "Plan Voisin de Paris" display). EN 6, 12-14, 16, 19 and 31
are accompanied by original annotated glassine envelopes.
Original negative numbers: EN 14: 508; EN 15: 39; EN 17-18: 61 and 515 (two copies
of same negative); EN 19: 12; EN 20: 20; EN 25: 21 and 522.
Box 4
Black-and-white transparency
Physical Description:
1
item
6 x 4.5 cm.
Scope and Content Note
EN 2: An image showing several pages from Œuvre complète, Volume 1,
and images of photographs of Œuvre complète, Volume 1 pinned to a
display board.
Le "Plan Voisin" de Paris (1925)
Box 4
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
27
items
8 x 10 in., 5 x 7 in., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
PV 1-24, 26, 29-30: Images of models, and pages from Œuvre complète, Volume
1, and one image of page 63 from Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la
recherche patiente, 1960.
Box 4
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
6
items
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
PV 25, 27-28: Images of models, and an image of an illustration from page 117 of
Œuvre complète, Volume 1.
Box 4
Black-and-white slides
Physical Description:
3
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
PV 31-33: Images of models.
Box 4
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
38
items
5 x 7 in., 4 x 5 in., 6 x 6 cm
Scope and Content Note
VC 1-28, 30-39: Exterior and interior views, a view of the roof terrace, images of
photographs of the building clipped to display boards, and an image of
cross-sectional drawings on page 133 of Œuvre complète, Volume 2. VC 7,
38 and 39 accompanied by original annotated glassine envelopes.
Original negative numbers: VC 11-13: 238 (three copies of same negative); VC 14: 26
and 666; VC 16: 654 (last number partly cut off on trimmed edge); VC 21: 93; VC 31:
94 and 663 (numbers partly cut off on trimmed edge); VC 33-36: 664 (four copies of
same negative).
Box 4
Color slides
Physical Description:
7
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
VC 43-49: Exterior views from the garden and the street.
Box 4
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
4
items
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
VC 29, 40-42: Interior views. VC 41 accompanied by an original annotated glassine
envelope.
Maison Guiette à Anvers (1926)
Box 4
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
7
items
6 x 8 cm., 6 x 6 cm., 64 x 83
mm.
Scope and Content Note
MG 1-7: Exterior and interior views, one image of page 138 of Œuvre complète,
Volume 1, and one image of a photographic print pinned to a display
board.
Box 4
Color slides
Physical Description:
24
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
MG 8-31: Exterior views, and one interior view (MG 31).
Villa à Garches (Villa Stein-de Monzie)
(1927-1928)
Scope and Content Note
Many of the black-and-white negatives for this project are copies of images
originally produced by Charles Gérard, 1927-1928.
Box 5
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
49
items
4 x 5 in., 5 x 7 in., 6 x 6 cm., 6 x 8
cm.
Scope and Content Note
VG 1-48, 61-63: Exterior and interior views, images of plans, one image of pages
142-144 of Œuvre complète, Volume 1, and an image of an axonometric
drawing of the villa. VG 14 and 36 are accompanied by original annotated glassine
envelopes.
Note: VG 48 was originally filed with these photographs, but is difficult to
identify and may belong elsewhere.
Original negative numbers: VG 7: 128; VG 10: 129 (number difficult to read); VG 11:
125 (number partly cut off on trimmed edge); VG 15: 126; VG 16: 156 (number partly
cut off on trimmed edge); VG 17-18: 157 (two copies of same negative); VG 20-21: 153
(two copies of same negative); VG 24: 158; VG 31: 144; VG 32: 145; VG 34-35: 163
(two copies of same negative); VG 36-37: 137 (two copies of same negative); VG 42:
133.
Box 5
Color slides
Physical Description:
41
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
VG 66-106: Exterior views, including views of the first floor covered terrace and
the roof garden.
Box 5
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
14
items
5 x 7 in., 6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
VG 49-63: Exterior views, including views of the first floor covered terrace and
the roof garden.
Box 5
Black-and-white slides
Physical Description:
2
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
VG 64, 65: Exterior views.
La Colonie "Weissenhof" à Stuttgart
(1927)
Box 5
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
24
items
4 x 5 in., 35 mm., 6 x 8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
WS 3-24 [including WS 2A and WS 2B]: Exterior views, including views of the Oud
houses and the postwar house built to replace the demolished Gropius house.
Original negative numbers: WS 2A: 173.
Box 5
Color slides
Physical Description:
31
items
35mm
Scope and Content Note
WS 25-55: Exterior views, including a view of one building with scaffolding erected
against it.
Box 5
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
2
items
3.5 x 4.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
WS 1-2: Exterior views.
Maison Planeix à Paris (1927-1928)
Scope and Content Note
The title of this project was misspelled as "Plainex" in the original edition of
Œuvre complète, Volume 1.
Box 5
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
70
items
35 mm., 6 x 8 cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
MP 1-70: Exterior and interior views. MP 39-40 are frames which overlap on the film
strip, with a consequent partial double exposure.
Box 5
Color slides
Physical Description:
79
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
MP 71-149: Exterior and interior views, and details of the exterior staircase to
garden. Thirteen of the slides are unmounted.
Palais pour la Société des Nations
(1927-1928)
Box 5
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
17
items
5 x 7 in., 4 x 5 in., 6 x 8 cm., 8 x 10
in.
Scope and Content Note
SN 1-5, 9-16, 18-21: Images of illustrations from Œuvre complète, Volume
1 and Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la recherche patiente, 1960,
and images of other plans and drawings. SN 10 is an original drawing reproduced on
page 162 of Œuvre complète, Volume 1. SN 11-15 are accompanied by
original annotated glassine envelopes.
Box 5
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
4
items
6 x 7 cm., 7 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
SN 6-8, 17: SN 8 is an image of an original drawing reproduced on page 162 of
Œuvre complète, Volume 1, and SN 17 is a image of plans.
Box 6
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
10
items
8 x 10 in., 5 x 7 in., 4 x 5 in., 6 x 6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
PN 1-10: Exterior views. These are copies of the images published on page 174 of
Œuvre complète, Volume 1.
Original negative numbers: PN 1: 85.
Box 6
Black-and-white transparency
Physical Description:
1
item
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
PN 11: Exterior view of the front façade of the building. This image was published
on page 174 of Œuvre complète, Volume 1.
Box 6
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
11
items
4 x 5 in., 6 x 11 cm., 5 x 7 in.
Scope and Content Note
VE 1-11: Exterior views of the finished building and images of drawings. VE 11 is
accompanied by an original annotated glassine envelope.
Box 6
Color slides
Physical Description:
9
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
VE 12-20: Images of sheets of drawings taped to a wall.
Ville d'Avray (Villa Church)
(1928-1929)
Box 6
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
23
items
4 x 5 in., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
VA 1-19, 21-24: Exterior views of the pavilion (views of roof terrace and garden),
interior views (views of the ground floor entrance hall, the living room, the
"grande salle," and the library), an exterior view of the annex, and an interior
view of the dining room in the annex. Also includes an image of a photographic print
of VA 19 pinned to a display board.
Original negative numbers: VA 1: 278; VA 3-4: 271 (two copies of same negative); VA
6: 28- (number partly cut off on trimmed edge); VA 12: 272 (third digit difficult to
read); VA 13: 274; VA 15: 275; VA 16: 277; VA 18: 279.
Box 6
Black-and-white transparency
Physical Description:
1
item
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
VA 20: An interior view of the dining room in the Annex.
Original negative number: 280.
Palais du Centrosoyus à Moscou
(1928-1935)
Scope and Content Note
Images of a government building in Moscow, Russia, also known as the Tsentrosoyuz
Building, or Centrosoyuz Building.
Box 6
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
65
items
6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in., 6 x 8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
PC 1, 3-64 [including 2B-2C]: Exterior and interior views, a view of the building
under construction, images of drawings ("le hall principal et les vestiaires") and
an architectural model, and images of photographic prints of the model shown in PC 3
mounted on display boards. PC 3-4 are accompanied by original annotated glassine
envelopes. PC 63-64 are medium format negatives with original paper folders
accompanied by contact prints.
Box 6
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
2
items
6.5 x 7.5 cm.
Scope and Content Note
PC 2-2A: Images of drawings of the main hall and cloakrooms.
Box 6
Maisons Loucheur (1929)
Physical Description:
2
items
black-and-white negatives
72 x 118
mm., 6 x 8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
LO 1-2: An image of page 86 of Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la recherche
patiente, 1960, and an image of the original drawing reproduced on that
page.
Études d'urbanisation en Amérique du Sud (Rio de Janeiro
Montevideo São Paulo) (1929)
Box 6
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
7
items
35 mm., 5 x 7 in., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
UR 1-3, 6-7, 9-10: Images of several drawings reproduced on page 138 of Œuvre
complète, Volume 2, and an image of page 295 of Le Corbusier,
L'atelier de la recherche patiente, 1960.
Box 6
Black-and-white slides
Physical Description:
3
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UR 4-5, 8: Images of several drawings reproduced on page 138 of Œuvre
complète, Volume 2.
Villa Savoye à Poissy (1929-1931)
Scope and Content Note
Many of the black-and-white negatives for this project are copies of images
originally produced by Marius Gravot in 1930.
Box 6
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
336
items
35 mm., 6 x 6 cm., 8 x 10 in., 4 x 5 in., 5 x 7 in.
Scope and Content Note
VS 1-6, 9-326 [including 9A-9D, 11A, 133A, 172A-172D, 209A, 326A]: Exterior views,
including views of the villa from various directions, views of the vehicular arrival
and departure driveway behind the pilotis, and views of the gardener's lodge.
Interior views, including views of entrance hall, ramp, first floor landing, salon,
kitchen, living room, linen room, Madame Savoye's bathroom, spiral staircase, first
floor terrace and roof terrace. Also includes unidentified details, images of plans
and drawings, images of photographic prints of the villa pinned to display boards,
and an image of page 189 of Œuvre complète, Volume 1. VS 88-209 depict
restoration work in progress on the villa, circa 1960. 326A is misidentified on the
paper envelope as Villa Cook. VS 119, 167, 184-185 and 352 are accompanied by
original annotated glassine envelopes.
Original negative numbers: VS 15: 1052; VS: 1013; VS 23: 1018; VS 30-31: 1000 (two
copies of same negaive); VS 32-33: 1005 (two copies of same negative); VS 34: 1013
(different photograph from VS 22 above); VS 45: 1056; VS 48: 1001; VS 49: 1003; VS
58: 1010; VS 73: 1011; VS 75: 1016; VS 77: 1002; VS 172: 1009.
Box 6
Color negatives
Physical Description:
5
items
4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
VS 352-356: Exterior views of house from various directions, views of the vehicular
arrival and departure driveway behind the pilotis. Interior views of the entrance
hall, ramp, first floor landing, kitchen, living room, first floor terrace, and the
roof terrace.
Box 7
Color slides
Physical Description:
192
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
VS 357-548: Exterior views of the progress of restoration work on villa, the house
from various directions, the roof terrace, the gardener's lodge, and details of the
north-east façade of the ground floor. Interior views of the entrance hall, ramp
from entrance hall to first floor landing, first floor landing, kitchen, Madame
Savoye's bathroom, living room, and the first floor terrace.
Box 6
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
27
items
5 x 6 cm., 6 x 7 cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
VS 7-8, 327-351: Images of plans and drawings.
Box 7
Asile flottant de l'Armée du Salut
(1929)
Physical Description:
2
items
color slides
35
mm.
Scope and Content Note
AF 1-2.
La Cité de Refuge (Armée du Salut) à Paris
(1929-1933)
Box 7
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
154
items
6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in., 6 x 8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
AS 1-150 [including 3A, 26A, 26B, 111A, 145A]: Exterior views, including distant
views of the building, views of the entrance, the vehicular access route, library
courtyard, south façade, and views of the pilotis under the building. Interior views
of the dormitories (individual rooms), library, restaurant, kitchen, solarium of the
nursery, a room with service piping and machinery, a view out from the interior
during construction work, and a view of a window-cleaning rig. Details of an
unidentified church, of the entrance pavilion, façades, and windows. Also includes
an image of a model. AS 35-119 is sequence of negatives originally housed in
glassine envelopes numbered from AS-1 to AS-167 by Hervé [numbers are not
continuous, and AS-70 is repeated]. The glassine envelopes have been discarded, and
the original numbers have been transcribed onto the paper tags bearing the GRI's
identification numbers. Each original number is placed in square brackets after the
corresponding GRI number.
Original negative numbers: AS 144: 2115; AS 145A: 2116.
Box 7
Color slides
Physical Description:
26
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
AS 151-176: Exterior views of the building and an image of a grouping of
furniture.
Box 8
Les éléments du Mundaneum (Cité Mondiale)
(1929)
Physical Description:
7
items
black-and-white negatives
8 x 10
in., 4 x 5 in., 6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
MU 1-7: Images of plans and drawings, and an image of a diorama shown on page 214 of
Œuvre complète, Volume 1. MU 6 is accompanied by an original annotated
glassine sleeve.
Box 8
Salon d'automne (1929)
Physical Description:
6
items
black-and-white negatives
4 x 5
in.
Scope and Content Note
SA 1-6: Interior views of the rooms, and an image of the frame of a
chaise-longue.
Box 8
Maison de M. Errazuris au Chili (1930)
Physical Description:
2
items
black-and-white negatives
4 x 5
in.
Scope and Content Note
ME 1-2: Images of pages 49 and 50 of Œuvre complète, Volume 2.
Box 8
Appartement de M. Charles de Beistegui aux Champs-Élysées
à Paris (1930-1931)
Physical Description:
17
items
85 x 117 mm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
AB 1-17: Exterior views of a series of roof terraces and the steps between them, and
interior views of the library and of a room with a spiral staircase.
Original negative numbers: AB 1: 2036; AB 7: 2021; AB 9: 2023.
Villa de Madame H. de Mandrot, Le Pradet
(1930-1931)
Scope and Content Note
Images of a private residence in Le Pradet, France.
Box 8
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
36
items
6 x 6 cm., 5 x 7 in., 85 x 170 mm., 4 x 5
in.
Scope and Content Note
VM 1-4, 7-37 [including 7A]: Exterior views of a path from the north entrance, and
views of the building from the north and south. Interior views of the kitchen and
bathroom, and details of the north side of building. Also includes an image of
ruined buildings (VM 30) that was originally filed within the Villa Mandrot
sequence. VM 1 is accompanied by an original annotated glassine envelope, and VM 2
is medium format negative accompanied by an original paper folder and a contact
print. VM 30 is accompanied by an original glassine sleeve labeled "VMA," Hervé's
abbreviation for Villa Mandrot.
Box 8
Color slides
Physical Description:
3
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
VM 38-40: Interior details of the artist's studio in the basement.
Box 8
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
2
items
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
VM 5-6: Exterior views of the building from the south.
Immeuble "Clarté" à Genève (1930-1932)
Box 8
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
33
items
6 x 6 cm., 35 mm., 6 x 8 cm. 4 x 5
in.
Scope and Content Note
IC 1-33: Exterior views of the construction work in progress, views and details of
both the north-east and south-west façades, an image of a balcony, and interior
views. IC 3 is accompanied by an original annotated glassine sleeve, and IC 31-33
are medium format negatives accompanied by original paper folders and contact
prints.
Box 8
Color slides
Physical Description:
83
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
IC 34-116: Exterior views of the building from the north and north-west, views and
details of the façades, and interior views of the entrance, stairwells, and
apartments.
Pavillon Suisse à la Cité universitaire à Paris
(1930-1932)
Box 8
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
290
items
6 x 6 cm., 8 x 10 in., 4 x 5 in., 5 x 7
in.
Scope and Content Note
PS 1-290: Exterior views of the building under construction, views of the building
from various directions, views and details of the north and south façades, views and
details of the staircase tower, views of the east façade of the concierge's
apartment and Director's office, and views of the pilotis under the building.
Interior views of the entrance hall, staircase tower, students' rooms, "salon
Courbe" (the building's refectory, or common room) from the entrance hall, fourth
floor rooms, and the terrace. Also includes views of Le Corbusier's 1948 mural in
the "salon Courbe," views of occupants looking out of windows, images of pages 75
and 79 of Œuvre complète, Volume 2, and an image of the original
drawing reproduced on page 75. PS 41-42 are accompanied by original annotated
glassine envelopes.
Box 9
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
114
items
6 x 6 cm., 8 x 10 in., 4 x 5 in., 5 x 7
in.
Scope and Content Note
PS 291-404: Exterior views of the building from various directions, miscellaneous
views and details of the south façade, and views of the pilotis under building.
Interior views of the entrance hall, student's rooms, "salon Courbe," and Le
Corbusier's mural in "salon Courbe." Also includes images of photographic prints of
the mural pinned to display boards, as well as miscellaneous drawings and paintings
that are presumed to be studies for the mural. There is no PS 398; the photograph
originally placed there was misidentified, and has been refiled. PS 399-404 are
medium format negatives accompanied by original paper folders and contact prints,
and the contact prints are marked with cropping lines.
Original negative numbers: PS 291: 2040; PS 311: 2050; PS 321: 2057; PS 322: 2070;
PS 325: 2059; PS 336: 2061.
Box 9
Color slides
Physical Description:
168
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
PS 409-576: Exterior views of the building from various directions, views of the
pilotis under the building, and views and details of the south façade. Interior
views of the entrance, hallway, elevator enclosure, staircases, students' rooms,
entrance pavilion, the staircase tower on north side of building, and of Le
Corbusier's mural and decorated banquettes in "salon Courbe." Details of the east
and west ends of the entrance pavilion. There is no PS 454; the negative originally
placed there was misidentified, and has been refiled.
Box 9
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
4
items
5 x 7 in., 6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
PS 405-408: PS 405 is an image of Le Corbusier's mural in the "salon Courbe."
Box 9
Palais des Soviets à Moscou (1931)
Physical Description:
37
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 4 x 5 in., 8 x 10 in.
Scope and Content Note
SM 1-36 [including 23A]: Images of a model of the project, and of the building under
construction (one featuring Le Corbusier). Also includes views of photographic prints
clipped to display boards, and an image of part of page 104 of Le Corbusier,
L'atelier de la recherche patiente, 1960.
Original negative numbers: SM 24: 204.
Urbanisation de la ville d'Alger
(1931-1942)
Box 9
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
80
items
6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in., 35 mm., 4.5 x 11.5
cm.
Scope and Content Note
UV 1-29, 32-34, 43-83 [including 3A, 27A, 48A, 63A, 69A-69D]: Images of drawings,
plans, and models for Project A, "Domaine Durand," the "grands immeubles," the
"petites maisons," the "maison locative" for Algiers, and the "Quartier de la
Marine" for Algiers, and images of drawings for Project B. Also includes images of
pages from Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la recherche patiente, 1960.
Box 9
Black-and-white slides
Physical Description:
11
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UV 30-31, 35-42 [including 40A]: Images of models for Projet A.
Immeuble locatif à la Porte-Molitor à Paris (rue
Nungesser-et-Coli) (1932-1934)
Box 10
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
602
items
6 x 6 cm., 6 x 9 cm., 4 x 5 in., 8 x 10
in.
Scope and Content Note
NC 1-579 [including 162A-162B, 223A, 567A]: Exterior views and details of the
building under construction/restoration, of the rue Nungesser-et-Coli façade, the
rue de la Tourelle façade and central light court. Interior views and details of the
ground floor entrance, hall, and apartments (not Le Corbusier's own), and one view
of an interior that also includes the sports stadium in Parc des Princes outside the
window. Interior views and details of Le Corbusier's own apartment (on seventh floor
of the building), including the kitchen, living room and dining room, bedrooms, and
studio. Also includes images of copies of plans and cross-sectional drawings of Le
Corbusier's apartment clipped to display boards. Le Corbusier is present in NC 110,
111 and 133.
Box 10
Color slides
Physical Description:
77
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
NC 580-652 [including 652A]: Interior views of Le Corbusier's apartment, including
the dining room, studio, the balcony on the Rue de la Tourelle side of apartment,
the curved staircase to roof terrace and garden, exterior views of the vestibule,
and views from roof terrace down into building's light court. Many of the views
include Le Corbusier's artworks, and one shows Le Corbusier's "Grand Confort" chair
sitting in the apartment.
Box 10
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
2
items
4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
NC 84, 84A: Interior views of Le Corbusier's apartment on rue
Nungesser-et-Coli.
Urbanisation d'Anvers (1933)
Box 11
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
7
items
5 x 7 in., 6 x 7 cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UA 1-3, 7-10: Images of drawing reproduced on page 158 of Œuvre complète,
Volume 2, and one image of page 114 of Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la
recherche patiente, 1960.
Box 11
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
5
items
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
UA 4-6: Images of the original plans and drawings reproduced in Œuvre
complète, Volume 2.
Box 11
Black-and-white slides
Physical Description:
2
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UA 11, 12: Images of drawings reproduced in Œuvre complète, Volume
2.
Projet pour le bâtiment de la "Rentenanstalt" à Zürich
(1933)
Box 11
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
6
items
6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in., 60 x 75
mm.
Scope and Content Note
RZ 1-6, 9-10: Images of a model and of drawings of La Salle de l'Assemblé Générale
reproduced on page 185 of Œuvre complète, Volume 2. RZ 10 appears to
demonstrate how the finished building will appear in the proposed setting.
Box 11
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
2
items
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
RZ 7-8: Images of drawings of La Salle de l'Assemblé Générale, reproduced on page
185 of Œuvre complète, Volume 2.
Box 11
Lotissement destiné à la main-d'oeuvre auxiliaire,
Barcelone (1933)
Physical Description:
1
item
black-and-white negative
67 x 89
mm.
Scope and Content Note
BL 1: An image of page 110 of Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la recherche patiente,
1960.
Urbanisation de la ville de Nemours
(1934)
Box 11
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
8
items
4 x 5 in., 6 x 6 cm., 6 x 8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
NE 1-4, 6-9: Images of models, a plan, and one image of page 115 of Le
Corbusier, L'atelier de la recherche patiente, 1960.
Box 11
Black-and-white transparency
Physical Description:
1
item
6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
NE 5: An image of a model.
La Ferme et le village coopératif - réorganisation
agraire (1934-1938)
Box 11
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
30
items
6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in., 6 x 7 cm., 3 x 6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
RA 1-5, 7-29, 32-33: Images of drawings and models.
Box 11
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
3
items
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
RA 6, 30-31: Images of models and one drawing.
Box 11
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
87
items
6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in., 8 x 10 in., 35
mm.
Scope and Content Note
VR 1-4, 8-24, 28-39, 42-44, 46-85, 89-99: Images of various plans and drawings, and
one image of a model.
Box 11
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
12
items
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
VR 5-7, 40-41, 45, 86-88: Images of various plans, drawings, and models, and of a
drawing reproduced on page 146 of Oeuvre complète, Volume 3, where it
is identified as part of project dating from 1937. Also includes images of montages
of architectural drawings and of human figures.
Box 11
Black-and-white slides
Physical Description:
3
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
VR 25-27: Images of drawings.
Box 11
Urbanisation d'Hellocourt (1935)
Physical Description:
1
item
black-and-white negative
8 x 11
cm.
Scope and Content Note
UH 1: An image of an illustration on page 49 of Œuvre complète, Volume
3.
Box 11
Le gratte-ciel cartésien (1935)
Physical Description:
2
items
black-and-white negatives
97 x 128
mm., 6 x 8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
GC 1-2: An image of a model and of page 126 of Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la
recherche patiente, 1960.
Box 11
Une maison de week-end en banlieue de Paris
(1935)
Physical Description:
3
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 8
cm.
Scope and Content Note
MW 1-3: Images from the pages of Œuvre complète, Volume 3.
Box 11
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
3
items
4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
MM 1-3: Images of drawings (including a plan and an elevation) from page 137 of
Œuvre complète, Volume 3, and one image of the exterior staircase to
the first floor gallery.
Box 11
Color slides
Physical Description:
13
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
MM 4-16: Exterior views, including the side of the building facing the ocean, the
side facing the woods at ground floor level, and views of the gallery outside the
bedrooms on the first floor.
Box 11
Plans pour les musées de la Ville et de l'État à Paris
(1935)
Physical Description:
2
items
black-and-white negatives
85 x 114
mm., 6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
VP 1-2: An image of a drawing and a photographic print clipped to a display
board.
Box 11
Rio de Janeiro: Plan pour la Cité Universitaire du Brésil
(1936)
Physical Description:
4
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 8
cm., 8 x 11 cm., 60 x 103 mm.
Scope and Content Note
CU 1-4: Images of drawings from pages of Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la
recherche patiente, 1960.
Le Ministère de l'éducation et de la santé publique à Rio
de Janeiro (1936-1945)
Box 11
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
60
items
6 x 9 cm., 6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
RJ 1-59 [including 1A]: Exterior views of the building, images of unidentified
drawings, photographic prints clipped to display boards, images of pages from
Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la recherche patiente, 1960, and one image
of a drawing that was reproduced on page 81 of Œuvre complète, Volume
4.
Box 11
Color slide
Physical Description:
1
item
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
RJ 60: An exterior view of the building.
Box 11
Un centre de réjouissance de 100,000 participants
(1936)
Physical Description:
19
items
black-and-white negatives
4 x 5
in., 6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
CR 1-19: Images of drawings and models, of two cross-sectional drawings of the
stadium, and of a plan for a stadium in Bois de Vincennes, reproduced on page 96 of
Œuvre complète, Volume 4.
Le Pavillon des Temps Nouveaux (1937)
Box 11
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
51
items
4 x 5 in., 6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
TN 1-51: Exterior views, views of the pavilion under construction, and views
showing various details of the graphic displays. TN 1 is a drawing of "Projet C" for
the 1937 Paris Exposition Internationale (the pavilion itself is "Projet D"),
reproduced on page 153 of Œuvre complète, Volume 3 and captioned "Un
centre d'esthétique contemporaine."
Box 11
Color slides
Physical Description:
5
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
TN 52-56: Possibly images of hand-colored copies of photographs on pages 153 and
163 of Œuvre complète, Volume 3.
Box 11
Monument à la mémoire de Vaillant-Couturier
(1937)
Physical Description:
3
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 8
cm., 86 x 122 mm., 34 x 69 mm.
Scope and Content Note
MV 1-3: Images of drawings reproduced on pages 10 and 11 of Œuvre complète,
Volume 4, and an image of page 135 of Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la
recherche patiente, 1960.
Box 11
La Cité d'affaires d'Alger (Le gratte ciel de la Marine)
(1938)
Physical Description:
7
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
CA 1-7: Images of a model.
Box 11
Musée à croissance illimitée (1939)
Physical Description:
40
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
CI 1-41: Images of a model, of photographic prints pinned to display boards, of page
101 of Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la recherche patiente, 1960, and of
page 152 of Œuvre complète, Volume 3.
Box 11
M.A.S., maisons montées à sec
(1939-1940)
Physical Description:
7
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
MS 1-7: Images of both original drawings, and reproductions on pages 38 and 39 of
Œuvre complète, Volume 4.
Box 11
Maisons pour ingénieurs et contremaîtres, S.P.A.,
Lannemezan (1940)
Physical Description:
6
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 8
cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
SL 1-6: Images of drawings and pages from Œuvre complète, Volume 4.
Box 11
Les maisons "Murondin" (1940)
Physical Description:
4
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 8
cm., 40 x 95 mm., 51 x 115 mm.
Scope and Content Note
MU 1-4: Images of pages from Œuvre complète, Volume 4, and of page 142
of Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la recherche patiente, 1960.
Box 11
Écoles volantes pour les réfugiés de la première partie
de la guerre (1940)
Physical Description:
2
items
black-and-white negatives
5 x 11
cm.
Scope and Content Note
EV 1-2: Images of pages 100 to 103 of Œuvre complète, Volume 4.
Box 11
La cité linéaire industrielle (1942)
Physical Description:
4
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
CL 1-4: Four copies of the same image of the "troisième schéma," reproduced on page
73 of Œuvre complète, Volume 4.
Box 11
L'Usine-Verte (1944)
Physical Description:
2
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 8
cm.
Scope and Content Note
UV 1-2: Images of drawings reproduced on page 78 of Œuvre complète, Volume
4.
Box 11
Unité d'Habitation transitoire (1944)
Physical Description:
5
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 8
cm., 6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
LP 1-5: Images of drawings and illustrations from the pages of Œuvre complète,
Volume 4.
Urbanisation de Saint-Dié (1945)
Box 12
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
8
items
7 x 8 cm., 35 mm., 163 x 100 mm.
Scope and Content Note
US 1-8: Images of original drawings and plans, and of pages of Œuvre
complète, Volume 4 and Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la recherche
patiente, 1960.
Box 12
Black-and-white slides
Physical Description:
4
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
US 9-12: Images of drawings reproduced on page 134 of Œuvre complète, Volume
4.
Box 12
Urbanisation de Saint-Gaudens
(1945-1946)
Physical Description:
2
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 8
cm.
Scope and Content Note
SG 1-2: Images of illustrations on pages 162 and 163 of Œuvre complète, Volume
4.
Urbanisation de La Rochelle-Pallice
(1945-1946)
Box 12
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
4
items
6 x 7cm., 170 x 208 mm.
Scope and Content Note
LR 1-3, 5: Images of drawings and one plan reproduced in Œuvre complète,
Volume 4.
Box 12
Black-and-white transparency
Physical Description:
1
item
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
LR 4: Image of a drawing reproduced on page 166 of Œuvre complète, Volume
4.
Une Manufacture à Saint-Dié
(1946-1951)
Box 12
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
329
items
6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
SD 1-329 [including 176A]: Exterior views, including general views of the factory
and its environs, various views and details of the north-west façade (including the
"bloc des circulations verticales"), views and details of the south-east façade,
details of the brise-soleil, views and details of space beneath building at ground
level (including benches, bicycle racks, and the air conditioning extractor), and
views and details of roof terrace. Interior views of the factory working spaces,
boiler room, staircases, corridors, kitchen, locker room, and the waiting rooms and
offices on the fourth floor.
Box 12
Color slides
Physical Description:
21
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
SD 330-350.
L'Unité d'habitation à Marseille
(1946-1952)
Scope and Content Note
These negatives were received divided into 15 subject groupings, an arrangement that
has been preserved. The titles of these groups were transcribed from hand-written
labels on Hervé's original binders.
Box 12
UM
Physical Description:
71
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
UM 1-71: Images of Le Corbusier on site during construction (UM 2 shows Le
Corbusier amidst a large crowd by the gymnasium on the roof-terrace, and UM 3 shows
him by one of the Modulor panels), and of the film crew at work in various locations
in and around the building making the film La cité radieuse. UM 5 is
accompanied by an original annotated glassine envelope.
See also UMo 100, 182-183 and 211-212 below - they are also images of the film crew
making La cité radieuse.
Box 12
UMa: Maquette
Physical Description:
55
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
UMa 1-55: Images of various original models, drawings, plans reproduced in
Œuvre complète, Volume 4 and Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la
recherche patiente, 1960.
Box 12
UMb: Construction
Physical Description:
210
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UMb 1-210: Views showing the exterior and interior of the building, the gymnasium,
day nursery, different façades, and the roof terrace and its structures (including
the "brise-vent," or "théâtre") at different stages of construction. Also includes
details of foundations and views of the Modulor panels on the façade of the elevator
tower.
Box 13
UMc: 1949
Physical Description:
235
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
UMc 1-235: The original sheets containing these negatives were labeled 1949, but
this material includes images of the construction work in progress and there is
considerable overlap with UMb. It includes exterior and interior views, details of
the construction work in progress, views of the building's structure at ground
level, the façade of elevator tower, the roof terrace and its structures, finished
and furnished apartments, and various graffiti on the walls of the building. UMc 118
appears to show Unité, in the course of construction, through the windows of an
adjacent building.
Box 13
UMd: Béton
Physical Description:
32
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UMd 1-32: Views of the construction work in progress, miscellaneous structural
details, textural details of concrete surfaces, and a perspective view along the
east façade of building.
Box 13
UMe: Pilotis
Physical Description:
108
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UMe 1-108: Exterior views showing the arrangement of the pilotis, and views
underneath the building that show service piping and machinery.
Box 13
UMf: Modulor
Physical Description:
49
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
UMf 1-49: Views and details of Modulor panels, a workman cutting a pattern on the
small block that stands near the elevator tower, the sculpture of Modulor "Man" and
"Spiral" in an outdoor setting, photographs of panels clipped to display boards,
photographs of actual-size drawings of panels clipped to display boards, and
photographs of a promotional display in a bookshop of Le Corbusier's book Le Modulor
and related materials. UMf 1 shows Le Corbusier by a Modulor panel (probably taken
on same occasion as UM 3).
Box 13
UMg: Sol
Physical Description:
58
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UMg 1-58: Views and details of the building's immediate surroundings and its
ground-level structure, views down from high vantage-points on the building, various
views and details of main entrance (UMg 20-21 show views down onto the porch roof),
a general view of the west side of the building, and details of the paving near the
entrance. Also includes views of the household waste collection building.
Box 13
UMh: Tabliers
Physical Description:
48
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
UMh 1-48: Views and details of building's immediate surroundings, the ground level
structure and "sol artificiel," and views and details of the main entrance.
Box 13
UMi: Façades
Physical Description:
371
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UMi 1-372: Views and details of the north, south, east, and west façades, including
many views that show the construction in progress, with cladding incomplete on the
upper stories.
Box 14
UMj: Entrée - Salle
Physical Description:
79
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UMj 1-79: Views and details of both the interior and exterior of the main entrance
on the west side of building, interior views of the public hallways and passages in
building, and details of the sculptural light fixtures. Also includes views of the
counter inside the entrance hall selling magazines and postcards.
Box 14
UMk: Escaliers
Physical Description:
135
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UMk 1-135: Various views and details of staircases, including the emergency
staircases at the north and west ends of the building, various flights of stairs on
the roof terrace, and the steps of the "brise-vent" or "théâtre." Also includes
views of the household waste collection building and views looking down onto a
staircase from the roof.
Box 14
UMl: Toit
Physical Description:
499
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm., 5 x 7 in.
Scope and Content Note
UMl 1-499: Views of the roof terrace (including the stairs, ramps, ventilation
chimney, the "théâtre" structure at the north end of the terrace, and the "montagnes
artificielles"), exterior and interior views and details of the day nursery building
(some may be images of the infants' school on seventeenth floor), the entrance ramp,
children's pool, and "solarium" seating to the west side. Interior views of the
gymnasium, the day nursery, and the shops on the seventh floor. Also includes
details of an electrical switchgear and control panels (possibly in elevator tower),
and an image of racks of numbered keys.
Box 14
UMm: Environs de la ville
Physical Description:
192
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UMm 1-193: Views of landscapes and townscapes with distant views of the building,
views of the façades, driveways, planted areas around building, and lighting
fixtures along the exterior walkways and driveways. Some views show the construction
work in progress. Also includes views of the household waste collection
building.
Box 15
UMn: Cellules
Physical Description:
315
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
UMn 1-315 [including 257A-257B]: Interior views of the building, primarily of the
apartments. Includes views of the apartment entrances with their "casiers de
livraison," bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, and balconies. Also
includes interior views of the hotel restaurant, elevator doors and lobbies, various
passages, hallways, stairs, and other communal areas of building, and views of the
service piping and machinery in the space under building. UMn 315 is an image of a
drawing and a plan pinned to a display board.
Box 15
UMo: Habitants
Physical Description:
255
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
UMo 1-254 [including 127A]: Views of various residents and employees interacting
with the completed building. Also includes some images of the construction work in
progress.
Box 15
UMp: Negatives with contact prints
Physical Description:
42
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UMp 1-42: Negatives accompanied by original paper folders and contact prints. Many
of the prints are marked with cropping lines in red crayon.
Box 15
UMq
Physical Description:
194
items
color negatives
35 mm., 4 x 5
in.
Scope and Content Note
UMq 1-193 [including 91A]: Exterior views of the building from various directions,
views of the pilotis, views of the roof (including views of children playing in and
around the pool), and interior views of the apartments, hotel restaurant, and the
elevator lobbies.
Box 16
UMr 1-112, 113-228, 236-299
Physical Description:
271
items
color slides
35
mm.
Scope and Content Note
Exterior and interior views, including details of the east and south façades.
Box 16
UMr 113-130, 229-235
Physical Description:
23
items
color transparencies
6 x 6 cm.,
127 x 177 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UMr 1-299: Exterior views of the building from various directions, views of the
pilotis under building, views of and from the apartment balconies, and views from
the roof. Interior views of various apartments, the entrance hall, gymnasium,
passageways, elevator lobbies, the infants' school on the seventeenth floor, and the
hotel restaurant balcony seating.
Box 17
UMr 300-536, 552-565
Physical Description:
249
items
color slides
35
mm.
Scope and Content Note
Exterior and interior views, including images of construction work in progress, and
children playing by the pool and in the day-nursery of the roof terrace.
Box 17
UMr 537-551
Physical Description:
15
items
color transparencies
6 x 6 cm., 4
x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
UMr 300-565: [Conclusion of the sequence of positive color transparencies described
in the entry for Box 16 above.] Exterior and interior views of the building.
Includes views of the gymnasium, day nursery and pool, the "solarium" seating to
west of day nursery, the "brise-soleil" panels, "brises-vent" walls, "théâtre"
structure, and "montagnes artificiellles."
Note: UMr 553 is one of a sequence of numbered slides filed as UMr 71-99 above; it
is an interior view of an apartment.
Box 17
UMs: Miscellaneous
Physical Description:
14
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm., 8 x 10 in.
Scope and Content Note
UMs 1-14: Includes exterior views of the building from the east, north, and
north-west, views of the main entrance porch, pool, roof terrace structures, and the
solarium seating by the day-nursery on the roof terrace, and views of the service
piping and machinery in the space under the building. Also includes an image of a
drawing of the building in one of Le Corbusier's sketchbooks (UMs 10).
Note: These negatives were originally misidentified and misplaced elsewhere in the
archive.
Box 36
Sketches
Physical Description:
13
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Images of sketches for L'Unité d'habitation à Marseille, and one unidentified image
containing reference to the Société d'entreprises industrielles et
d'études. No letter code assigned.
Palais des Nations Unies à New York
(1947)
Box 18
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
16
items
6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in., 6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
UN 1-12, 14-16: Images of drawings, of model "23A," and of pages from Le
Corbusier, L'atelier de la recherche patiente, 1960.
Box 18
Black-and-white transparency
Physical Description:
1
item
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
UN 13: An image of model "23A."
Box 18
La Basilique de la Paix et du Pardon (La Sainte-Baume)
(1948)
Physical Description:
15
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
SB 1-15: Images of original drawings. These drawings were reproduced on pages 30, 31
and 35 of Œuvre complète, Volume 5.
Le plan d'urbanisation de Bogotá, Colombie
(1950)
Box 18
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
80
items
6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
UB 1-80: Images of a model of the "Centre civique," and of pages from Le
Corbusier's sketchbooks. UB 68 is a photograph of the cover of the sketchbook.
Box 18
Color slides
Physical Description:
2
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
UB 81-82: Images of a model of the "Centre civique."
Box 18
Roq et "Rob" à Cap-Martin (Méditerranée)
(1949)
Physical Description:
7
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 9
cm., 54 x 80 mm., 84 x 93 mm.
Scope and Content Note
RR 1-7: Images of models, a drawing, and page 61 of Œuvre complète, Volume
5.
La Chapelle de Ronchamp (Notre-Dame-du-Haut)
(1950-1954)
Scope and Content Note
These negatives were received divided into ten groups, an arrangement that has been
preserved. ERk contains images from almost all of these groupings, but they are
presumed to have been collected together because of their format.
Box 18
ERa
Physical Description:
91
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
ERa 1-92 [including 10A]: Images of drawings, models and pages from Le
Corbusier, L'atelier de la recherche patiente, 1960, Œuvre complète,
Volume 5, and Œuvre complète, Volume 6. The photographs of the
plaster model were taken in the studio and on the roof of Le Corbusier's apartment
on rue Nungesser-et-Coli.
Box 18
ERb
Physical Description:
205
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
ERb 1-205: Exterior and interior views of the chapel under construction. Includes
views of the statues of angels and carved masonry blocks (believed to be from the
destroyed 19th century church), and views of the pilgrims' hostel.
Box 18
ERc
Physical Description:
157
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 9
cm., 6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
ERc 1-153 [including 66A-66D]: Distant views of the chapel. Includes views of the
chapel on its hill, as seen across country, some showing buildings and electricity
grid pylons in the foreground, views of the chapel as seen from the streets of
Ronchamp, and views of the railway lines and adjacent buildings in Ronchamp. Also
includes views of the cemetery.
Box 19
ERd
Physical Description:
194
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 5 x 7 in.
Scope and Content Note
ERd 1-192 [including 78A and 139A]: Exterior views of the chapel from the south.
Includes views of the façades, views up towards the roof above the entrance, views
of the junctions of the south and east walls and roof at the south-east corner of
building, and a view of chairs and tables set out in front of the west façade of the
chapel. See ERf 1 below.
Box 19
ERe
Physical Description:
94
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm., 5 x 7 in.
Scope and Content Note
ERe 1-91 [including 19A, 42A, and 72A]: Exterior views of the chapel from the
north, and one interior view showing the high altar and choir loft. Includes views
of the north façade, the north entrance, the illumination towers for side altars on
either side of the entrance, and miscellaneous views and details of the external
staircase to the sacristy and sacristy windows.
Box 19
ERf
Physical Description:
70
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
ERf 1-69 [including 44A]: Exterior views of the chapel from the west. Includes
views of the façade, of chairs and tables set out in front of the west façade, of
the drainage spout and rainwater reservoir, and of the pyramidal forms in the
reservoir.
Box 19
ERg
Physical Description:
194
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm., 5 x 7 in.
Scope and Content Note
ERg 1-190 [including 63A-63B, 88A, 176A]: Exterior views of the chapel from the
east and a view of the chapel interior showing details of benches. Includes views of
the east façade (some show details of the "pyramid" to the north-east of the chapel
in the foreground), the east entrance, the illumination towers for side altars at
either side of the north entrance, the outdoor service space at east end of the
chapel, and the outdoor pulpit.
Box 20
ERh 1-81, 93-94
Physical Description:
86
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 9
cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous exterior views and details of the chapel. Includes views of the main
(south) entrance showing the enameled door, west tower, north towers, the roof, and
the north, south, and east façades.
Box 20
ERh 82-92
Physical Description:
11
items
black-and-white slides
35
mm.
Scope and Content Note
Exterior views of the chapel from the south and miscellaneous details, including
details of the texture of the sprayed-concrete wall surfaces.
Box 20
ERi
Physical Description:
149
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm., 5 x 7 in.
Scope and Content Note
ERi 1-149: Interior views and details of the chapel, including decorative elements,
windows, doorways, the high altar, and people sitting on benches. Includes views
both during and after construction.
Box 20
ERj
Physical Description:
162
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
ERj 1-160 [including 115A and 117A]: Views of other structures on the hill,
including the priest's house, pilgrims' hostel, "pyramid," and the war monument.
Box 20
ERk
Physical Description:
38
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 9
cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
ERk 1-39: Negatives are accompanied by 39 original paper folders and contact
prints; the bulk of the contact prints are marked with cropping lines. The envelope
filed as ERk 31 was found empty at the time of processing.
box 21
ERl
Physical Description:
365
items
color slides
35
mm.
Scope and Content Note
ERl 1-362 [including 60A-60B, 248A, 276A, 293A]: Exterior and interior views of the
chapel, and views of the priest's house, pilgrims' hostel, "pyramid," café, and
dormitories. Includes distant views of the chapel, views and details of the outdoor
pulpit, high altar, and communion rail, as well as views of the construction work
and of Dominican priests processing into the south entrance. Also includes images of
a plaster model of the chapel.
Un cabanon à Cap-Martin (1952)
Scope and Content Note
See also: Series II. Artwork, portraits, and notebooks (1907-circa 1960), which
contains images of Le Corbusier and others at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, both in his
cabanon and at the restaurant L'Étoile de Mer.
Box 22
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
323
items
6 x 6 cm., 6 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
CC 1-321 [including 313A-313B]: Exterior and interior views and details of the
Cabanon à Cap-Martin, restaurant L'Étoile de Mer, and the nearby E-1027 house.
Includes views down over the cabanon showing its position within the landscape, and
interior views of the living and working spaces. Some images feature Le Corbusier,
an unidentified Rebutato brother, as well as various artworks and murals by Le
Corbusier.
Box 22
Color slides
Physical Description:
44
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
CC 322-365: Exterior and interior views of Cabanon à Cap-Martin and restaurant
L'Étoile de Mer, including views of murals by Le Corbusier on the wall by the door
to the cabanon.
Box 22
Le Concours de Strasbourg pour 800 logements
(1951)
Physical Description:
51
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
CS 1-51: Images of a model.
Chandigarh (1951-1985)
Scope and Content Note
This material was received labeled and divided into six groups, an arrangement that
has been preserved.
Box 22
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
161
items
6 x 6 cm., 6 x 9 cm., 4 x 5
in.
Scope and Content Note
ChG 1-155 [including 17A-17E, 20A-20B]: Various views of people watching small
pleasure boats on a lake, a woman carrying a basket on her head, cattle on a road,
and people walking past the building under construction. Also includes images of
plans reproduced in Œuvre complète, Volumes 5, 6, 7, and 8, images of
drawings, and images of a model of the Capitol. ChG 44-108 is a sequence of images
listed in the original inventory as "Chandigarh, Urbanisme" and includes
miscellaneous landscapes, street scenes, views of housing, shops, and other
structures.
Box 25
Color slides
Physical Description:
104
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
ChT 1-96, 142-149: Exterior views and details of the Palais de Justice, Palais de
l'Assemblée, and Le Secrétariat, as well as photographs of streets and buildings
in Chandigarh, and of workers, women, and children on the site. Also includes a
photograph of a design sketch by Le Corbusier for the High Court tapestry (dated
1954), and photographs of the actual tapestries in the completed courts.
Box 25
Color transparencies
Physical Description:
49
items
6 x 9 cm., 6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
ChT 97-141: Exterior views.
Box 22
Centre Civique (circa 1951)
Centre Civique (circa 1951): circa 1951
Physical Description:
43
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 9
cm., 6 x 6 cm., 40 x 55 mm.
Scope and Content Note
ChC 1-43: Distant views of the Palais de Justice, the lakeside road approaching the
Capitol from the west, the Secrétariat under construction, and general landscapes.
Also includes views of the construction work in progress on unidentified
buildings.
Box 23
Le Palais de Justice (1952-1956)
Physical Description:
645
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 9
cm., 35 mm., 6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in., 5 x 7 in.
Scope and Content Note
ChJ 1-644 [including 132A, 429A, 431A, 587A-587B, and 601A]: Exterior and interior
views of the Palais de Justice, Palais de l'Assemblée, Secrétariat, both during and
after construction. Also includes images of pages from Œuvre complète, Volume
5, Volume 6, and Volume 7, images of plans of the Palais de
l'Assemblée being displayed in an exhibition, images of Le Corbusier's design
sketches for courtroom tapestries, and interior views of two of the lower courts
that show these completed tapestries.
Le Secrétariat (1952-1956)
Box 24
ChS 1-478
Physical Description:
478
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
ChS 1-478: Various views of the construction work at various stages, the exterior
and interior of the building, and views of the Palais de Justice from inside
Secrétariat. Also includes images of plans, models of Le Secrétariat, and
unidentified drawings.
Box 25
ChS 479-749
Physical Description:
271
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
ChS 479-749 [including 183A, 265A, 588A, 708A-708C]: Views of the construction
work at various stages, of roads being constructed, of children asleep under the
parasol on site, of people doing laundry in the lake, and various exterior views
of the building. Also includes interior views of restaurant, a view of the Palais
de Justice from inside Secrétariat, and images of photographic prints being
displayed on easels.
Box 24
Le Palais de l'Assemblée (1952-1962)
Physical Description:
252
items
black-and-white negatives
35 mm.,
6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
ChA 1-249 [including 120A, 124A, 180A, 206A]: Miscellaneous exterior and interior
views of Le Palais de l'Assemblée, including views of the construction work in
progress, the exterior of the hyperboloid shell of the Assembly Chamber, views
showing the Palais de Justice from the roof of the Palais de l'Assemblée, details of
miscellaneous decorative motifs modeled in concrete, and details of the enameled
decoration on the main entrance door. Also includes images of original plans,
drawings, and models, and images of pages from Le Corbusier, L'atelier de la
recherche patiente, 1960.
La Main Ouverte (1952-1985)
Box 25
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
47
items
6 x 6 cm., 6 x 9 cm., 4 x 5
in.
Scope and Content Note
ChM 2-48: Images of models and drawings, some of which were reproduced in the
Œuvre complète volumes. Includes page 154 of Œuvre complète,
Volume 5, page 93 of Œuvre complète, Volume 6, and page 109
of Œuvre complète, Volume 7. Also includes an image of the site with
an arrow superimposed to show the intended location of a monument.
Box 25
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
4
items
9 x 10 cm., 8 x 10 in.
Scope and Content Note
ChM 1 and 49-51: Images of models.
Box 26
Maisons rurales à Lagny (1956)
Physical Description:
15
items
6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
MR 1-15: Images of models.
Maisons Jaoul à Neuilly-sur-Seine
(1952-1953)
Box 26
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
386
items
6 x 9 cm., 6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
JN 1-383 [including 164A, 366A, 369A]: Exterior and interior views, and details of
House A and House B. Includes views of the façades, salons, bedrooms, staircases,
bathrooms, kitchens, windows, roof vaults, and exposed pipes. Also includes images
of the construction work in progress and cyclists on the street.
Box 26
Color transparencies
Physical Description:
30
items
6 x 6 cm., 24 x 24 mm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
JN 384-413: Exterior and interior views and details of House A and House B.
L'Unité d'habitation à Nantes-Rezé
(1952-1953)
Scope and Content Note
These negatives were originally arranged by Hervé in five numbered sequences, an
arrangement preserved as NAa to NAe below.
Box 26
NAa
Physical Description:
30
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
NAa 1-90: Images of the early stages of the construction work. This sequence of
negatives was originally housed in glassine envelopes numbered from N-I-1 to N-I-94
(numbers are not continuous) by Hervé. The glassine envelopes have been discarded,
and the original numbers have been transcribed onto the paper tags bearing the GRI's
identification numbers. Each original number is placed in square brackets after the
corresponding GRI number.
Box 26
NAb
Physical Description:
153
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
NAb 1-153: Images of the later stages of the construction work, later than that of
the photographs filed under NAa. Includes exterior views of the building from
various directions, views down from the upper levels of the building onto the site
and its surroundings, and views of the pilotis under building. This sequence of
negatives was originally housed in glassine envelopes numbered from N-II-1 to
N-II-156 (numbers are not continuous) by Hervé. The glassine envelopes have been
discarded, and the original numbers have been transcribed onto the paper tags
bearing the GRI's identification numbers. Each original number is placed in square
brackets after the corresponding GRI number. All photographs not specified by a
number are details of an unidentified building.
Box 27
NAc
Physical Description:
406
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
NAc 1-406: Exterior and interior views and details of the building. Includes
exterior views from various directions, photographs of the pool and kindergarten on
the roof terrace, interior views of the entrance hall, apartments and people within
them, and details of the substructure of the building and the pilotis. This sequence
of negatives are numbered in ink on their edges from III-1 to III-445 (numbers are
not continuous) by Hervé.
Box 27
NAd
Physical Description:
230
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
NAd 1-229 [including 136A]: Exterior and interior views of the building, including
views of the kindergarten on the roof terrace, the entrance hall, apartments,
pilotis under building, children playing near the building, and bread being
delivered. Also includes an image of a sketch believed to be an elevation of the
south façade. This sequence of negatives are numbered in ink on their edges from
IV-1 to IV-264 (numbers are not continuous) by Hervé.
Box 28
NAe
Physical Description:
50
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
NAe 1-176: Exterior views, including the building from various directions, and
views of the pool, landscaping, parked cars, and the pilotis under building.
Interior views of the apartments, common areas, and emergency stairs, and details of
the facades and the substructure of the building. This sequence of negatives were
originally housed in glassine envelopes numbered from NM-1 to NM-219 (numbers are
not continuous and NM-157 is repeated) by Hervé. The glassine envelopes have been
discarded, and the original numbers have been transcribed onto the paper tags
bearing the GRI's identification numbers. Each original number is placed in square
brackets after the corresponding GRI number.
Box 28
NAf 1-126
Physical Description:
117
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Various exterior views and details of the building, exterior and interior views of
the construction work in progress, views of kindergarten on the roof terrace, and
views of people interacting with the building. Includes interior views of the
entrance hall, common areas, apartment balconies, bedrooms, and the footbridge over
the pool on the east side of building. Also includes an image of a site plan and of
prints of Modulor panels on the east façade of the elevator tower. NAf 107-126 are
accompanied by original paper folders and contact prints.
Box 28
NAf 86-93
Physical Description:
8
items
black-and-white slides
35
mm.
Scope and Content Note
Includes images of the construction work in progress and views of the pilotis under
the building.
Box 28
NAg 1-72
Physical Description:
95
items
color transparencies
6 x 9 cm., 6
x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
NAg 1-72A (including 40A): Miscellaneous exterior views and details of the
building, the pool on the east side of the building, the footbridge over the pool,
the the pool and kindergarten on the roof terrace, and the pilotis under the
building. Interior views of the entrance hall, common areas, elevator lobby,
kindergarten, and the apartments, including the children's bedrooms.
Box 28
NAg 73-94
Physical Description:
22
items
color slides
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
Exterior and interior views.
Box 28
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
46
items
6 x 6 cm., 5 x 7 in., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
LM 1-46: Images of sketches, drawings, diagrams, of wooden Modulor figures in Le
Corbusier's atelier at 35 rue de Sèvres, details of the Modulor panels on the
elevator tower of L'Unité d'habitation à Marseille, images of a copy of Le
Corbusier's book Le Modulor, and the "Modulor strip" displayed on a
stone balustrade (LM 31-34 also show a copy of Le Corbusier, Quand les
cathédrales étaient blancs). Images of page 181 of Œuvre complète,
Volume 5, of two versions of a drawing by Le Corbusier entitled "Le
jugement de Paris," and the interior of an unidentified building.
Box 28
Color negatives
Physical Description:
4
items
4 x 5 in., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
LM 47-50: Images of drawings of the Modulor figure and series, and one image of a
Modulor stained-glass panel in the glazing of the entrance hall of L'Unité
d'habitation à Marseille.
Le Couvent de la Tourette (1953-1959)
Box 29
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
683
items
35 mm., 6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
LT 1-675 [including 24A-24B, 138A, 188A-188B, 316A, 461A, 574A]: Images of models,
the construction work in progress, miscellaneous exterior views and details, views
of the pilotis under the building, the circulation corridors, and the atrium in the
central court. Interior views of the church, of the undersides of the "canons à
lumière" on the roof of the crypt, views of the altars in the crypt of the church,
the monks cells, and of monks celebrating mass at the altars in the crypt. Also
includes an image of Le Corbusier, his wife Yvonne, and Father Alain Couturier at
the dining table of Le Corbusier's apartment at 24 rue Nungesser-et-Coli, Paris (LT
1).
Box 29
Color negatives
Physical Description:
2
items
4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
LT 776, 777: Interior views.
Box 29
Color slides
Physical Description:
139
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
LT 676-817: Images of the construction work in progress, exterior views of the
building from various directions, views of the pilotis under the building, and the
roof terraces. Interior views of the circulation corridors, library, atrium in the
central court, the church, refectory, monk's cells, and the oratory (both under
construction and completed). LT 809 is misidentified on mount as "Pav. Brésil."
Box 29
Color transparencies
Physical Description:
7
items
4 x 5 in., 10 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
LT 676-678, 775, 810-812: Exterior views of the construction work in progress (LT
676-678, and 775), and interior views (LT 810-812).
Palais de l'Association des Filateurs d'Ahmedabad
(1954-1956)
Box 30
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
323
items
6 x 6 cm., 6 x 9 cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
PF 1-325 [including 180A, 277A, 284A]: Exterior views of the building from a
variety of directions, of the roof terrace, pilotis under the building,
brise-soleil, exterior stairs, and the river on the east side of the building.
Interior views of the ground floor, first-floor, mezzanine over second-floor,
assembly hall, restaurant, "brise-soleil," roof terrace, and the pilotis under the
building. PF 1-267 is sequence of medium format negatives numbered in ink on their
edges from AHM-1 to AHM-329 (numbers are not continuous) by Hervé. PF 289-325 are
accompanied by original paper folders and contact prints.
Box 30
Color slides
Physical Description:
4
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
PF 326-329: Exterior views of the west façade, the exterior stairs and ramp on the
west side of the building (taken from ground floor entrance), and an interior view
of the assembly hall. PF 326 is misidentified on verso as "Villa Shodan."
Box 30
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical Description:
4
items
Scope and Content Note
PF 275-277A: Views of the "brise-soleil," exterior ramps, stairs, and west
entrance.
Le Centre Culturel d'Ahmedabad: le Musée
(1954-1957)
Le Centre Culturel d'Ahmedabad: le Musée, 1954-1957
Box 30
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
118
items
6 x 6 cm.; 35 mm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
AM 1-115 [including 74A, 81A-81B]: Views of the construction work in progress on
the building, of space for the electrical installation under the roof, images of
plans, a drawing of the "deuxième projet" for the building, and an image of two
small children at the site. AM 1-73 is sequence of medium format negatives numbered
in ink on their edges from AHU-1 to AU-84 (numbers are not continuous) by Hervé; the
"AHU" designation changes to "AU" after AHU 16-18.
Box 30
Color transparencies
Physical Description:
9
items
35 mm., 45 x 65 mm., 61 x 64 mm.
Scope and Content Note
AM 116-124: Views across the central court at the level of the space for electrical
installation under the roof, down into the central court from the upper levels of
the building, of the façades, and one image of the central court.
Maison d'habitation de Mrs. Manorama Sarabhai à Ahmedabad
(1955-1956)
Box 31
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
150
items
6 x 9 cm., 6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
AH 1-148A [including 127A]: Exterior views and details of the roof garden,
terraces, garden, service block, courtyard, "toboggan," verandas, and pool. Interior
views of verandas, library, living room, kitchen, bathrooms, and first-floor
bedrooms. Also includes details of unidentified carvings and an image of a model of
a barrel-vault structure (possibly the roof structure for the Sarabhai house) taken
in the courtyard in front of Le Corbusier's atelier at 35 rue de Sèvres, Paris. AH
1-127 is sequence of medium format negatives numbered in ink on their edges from
AHS-1 to AHS-149 (numbers are not continuous) by Hervé. AH 134-138 are accompanied
by original paper folders and contact prints.
Box 31
Color transparencies
Physical Description:
9
items
6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
AH 149-157: Views of the roof garden, family members in the garden, a view of the
garden from the veranda, and an interior view of the kitchen.
Box 31
Color slide
Physical Description:
1
item
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
AH 158: Exterior view of a section of the roof, taken from the ground below. This
image is a copy of AH 149.
Villa Shodhan à Ahmedabad (1955-1956)
Box 31
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
292
items
6 x 6 cm., 6 x 9 cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
AV 1-292: Views and details of the façades, of the passage from the house to the
service block, the driveway by the entrance to the house, the brise-soleil on
south-west side, the pool, and terraces. Interior views of the entrance hall, living
room, kitchen, staircases, and landings. Also includes images of models. AV 1-158 is
sequence of medium format negatives numbered in ink on edges from AHSH-1 to AHS-188
(numbers are not continuous) by Hervé. AV 188-194 are medium format negatives
accompanied by original paper folders and contact prints.
Box 31
Black-and-white slide
Physical Description:
1
item
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
AV 187A: An interior view of the living room.
Box 31
Color transparencies
Physical Description:
12
items
6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
AV 297-304: Exterior views of the south-west and north-west façades, and interior
views of the entrance hall, living room, and dining room.
Box 31
Color slides
Physical Description:
4
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
AV 293-296: Exterior views down through the void from the third floor terrace and
up through the aperture in the roof from the third floor terrace.
Box 31
Stade Baghdad (1956)
Physical Description:
27
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
BS 1-27: Images of a model. BS 1-7 is a sequence of medium format negatives
originally housed in glassine envelopes numbered from STB-7 to STB-13 by Hervé. The
glassine envelopes have been discarded, and the original numbers have been transcribed
onto the paper tags bearing the GRI's identification numbers. Each original number is
placed in square brackets after the corresponding GRI number. BS 8-27 is sequence of
medium format negatives numbered in ink on edges by Hervé from BD-1 to BD-20.
Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l'Occident à Tokyo
(1957)
Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l'Occident à Tokyo, 1957
Box 31
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
234
items
35 mm., 6 x 6 cm., 6 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
TM 1-233 [including 68A]: Exterior views of the museum, the exterior staircase to
the main first floor entrance to the museum, visitors on first floor landing of the
staircase, views across the exhibition court, views of the roof structures, pilotis
and the support columns for the entrance staircase at ground floor level. Interior
views of the ground floor entrance hall, ground floor exhibition hall, first floor
exhibition hall, internal ramps, and views of the roof skylights. Also includes
images of models, and various street scenes which are assumed to be Tokyo. TM 1-68A
is sequence of 6 x 6 cm. negatives numbered in ink on edges from MT-1 to MT-72
(numbers are not continuous) by Hervé. TM 91 is blank frame. TM 68A is accompanied
by an annotated glassine envelope.
Box 31
Color transparencies
Physical Description:
2
items
6 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
TM 250-251: Exterior views.
Box 31
Color slides
Physical Description:
17
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
TM 234-249: Exterior views of the museum, exhibition court, staircases, and of the
pilotis at the ground floor level. Also includes details of the south-east façade
and one image of visitors on the landing of the exterior staircase to the main first
floor entrance to the museum.
Box 32
L'Unité d'habitation à Briey-en-Forêt
(1957)
Physical Description:
22
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
BR 1-22: Images of a model.
L'Unité d'habitation à Berlin (1957)
Box 32
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
38
items
35 mm., 68 x 108 mm.
Scope and Content Note
BE 1, 9-42 [including 9A-9C]: Views of the construction work in progress and one
image of a drawing, an east elevation of the building.
Box 32
Black-and-white slides
Physical Description:
7
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
BE 2-8 : Views of the construction work in progress.
Le Pavillon Philips à Bruxelles (1958)
Box 32
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
411
items
35 mm., 6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
PP 1-411: Images of a model of the pavilion's structural frame, of the model with a
"skin" over the frame, various views of the construction work in progress, and
images taken during presentations of Le Corbusier's "Poème Électronique" in the
pavilion.
Box 32
Color slides
Physical Description:
19
items
35 mm., 95 x 125 mm.
Scope and Content Note
PP 412-430: Miscellaneous exterior views, views of the entrance, and images of the
"Sculpture Polychrome."
La Maison du Brésil dans la Cite universitaire de Paris
(1958)
Box 32
PB 1-465
Physical Description:
465
items
black-and-white negatives
35 mm.,
6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
PB 1-465 [including 1A]: Views of the early stages of the construction work, and
images of drawings, a plan, and a model.
Box 33
PB 466-686
Physical Description:
219
items
black-and-white negatives
35 mm.,
6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
PB 466-686 [including 617A, 656A, 656B]:
Box 33
PB 467
Physical Description:
1
item
black-and-white photographic print
7 x 10 cm.
Scope and Content Note
A contact print depicting the construction work in progress. Print was made from
negative PB 466.
Box 33
L'Église de Firminy-Vert (1960-1965)
Physical Description:
71
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
FE 1-71: Images of a model, and of single or two-page spreads from The
development by Le Corbusier of the Design for l'Église de Firminy, a Church in
France [North Carolina State College, School of Design, Student Publications,
Volume 14, Number 2, 1964]. Also includes one image of page 15 of an unidentified
book.
Firminy-Vert: La maison des jeunes et de la culture
(1960-1965)
Box 34
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
132
items
35 mm., 6 x 6 cm., 98 x 132 mm.
Scope and Content Note
FC 1-132: Includes exterior views from multiple directions, including a view of the
building from the south-east showing the stadium under construction, and views of
the pilotis under the building. Also includes façade details, interior views of the
first-floor corridor, foyer, and library. FC 126-132 are accompanied by contact
prints.
Box 34
Color slides
Physical Description:
165
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
FC 133-297: Includes exterior views of the building from various directions, views
of stadium under construction to the west of the building, façade details, views of
the entrance and ramp, and interior views of the small foyer on the ground floor, of
the first-floor corridors, library, workroom/studio, and reading-room. Also includes
images of architectural photographs and models being displayed in an unidentified
room.
Firminy-Vert: L'Unité d'habitation
(1960-1965)
Box 34
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
43
items
35 mm., 6 x 8 cm., 6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
FU 1-42 [including 36A]: Includes exterior views of the building from the east,
views of the roof terrace, views of the pilotis under the building, façade details,
interior views, and images of a model. FU 41-42 are accompanied by contact
prints.
Box 34
Color slides
Physical Description:
78
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
FU 43-120: Includes exterior views of the building from the south-west, views of
the pilotis under the building, details of the west façade and roof terraces, and
interior views of the nurseries and schools on the roof terraces.
Box 35
L'écluse de Kembs-Niffer (1960-1965)
Physical Description:
27
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 9
cm., 24 x 57 mm., 6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
KN 1-27: Images of a model of a tower containing a lock-keeper's station.
Box 35
Orsay-Paris, projet pour un Centre de culture
(1961)
Physical Description:
64
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 9
cm.
Scope and Content Note
OP 1-64: Images of a model, some showing the model positioned in front of a panoramic
background photograph of Paris, France.
Visual Arts Center à Cambridge, Massachusetts (Carpenter
Center) (1961-1964)
Box 35
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
102
items
6 x 6 cm., 6 x 9 cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
BC 1-101A: Images of a model of the site for the Center, and of a model of the
Center itself. Includes images of the facades, exterior ramps, and interior views of
the studios.
Box 35
Color slides
Physical Description:
80
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
BC 110-189: Includes exterior views of the building from various directions, views
of the ramps, the pilotis under the building, the entrance lobby and the
second-floor terrace, interior views of the auditorium, studios, and workshop, and a
detail of the staircase tower. Also includes images of a model, a commemorative
plaque, an illustration in an unidentified book, a view of the city skyline across
water (BC 188), and of Boston University (BC 187).
Box 35
Color transparencies
Physical Description:
8
items
4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
BC 102-109: Images of a model.
Un Pavillon d'exposition à Zürich (Centre Le Corbusier)
(1963-1967)
Box 35
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
120
items
35 mm., 6 x 9 cm., 6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
PZ 1-113 [including 24A-24F, 25A]: Includes exterior views of the building from
various directions and of the construction work in progress, views of the main
entrance door, interior views of the ground floor and exhibition hall, views of the
ramps and stairways, a view of the roof terrace, and a detail of the north façade.
Also includes images of drawings.
Box 35
Color negative
Physical Description:
1
item
4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
PZ 119: An exterior view of the building from the south-west.
Box 35
Color slides
Physical Description:
5
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
PZ 114-118: Exterior views of the building from the south, south-west, and
north-west, and one exterior view of the construction work in progress. One slide is
unmounted.
Box 35
L'Ambassade de France à Brasilia
(1964-1965)
Physical Description:
49
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
AF 1-49: Images of a model.
Box 35
L'hôpital de Venise (1964-1965)
Physical Description:
17
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
VH 1-17: Images of a model.
Box 35
Palais des Congrès à Strasbourg (1964)
Physical Description:
34
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
PS 1-34: Images of a model.
L'atelier Corbusier, 35 rue de Sèvres
(1922-1965)
Box 35
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
13
items
6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in., 63 x 51
mm.
Scope and Content Note
AT 1-8, 10-14: Interior views of the first floor atelier, views of the entrance and
ground floor access corridor, and one image of the staircase. Le Corbusier is
present in AT 5.
Box 35
Black-and-white transparency
Physical Description:
1
item
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
AT 9: Interior view of the first-floor atelier. This is an internegative made from
negative AT 10.
Box 35
L'atelier de la recherche patiente
(1960)
Physical Description:
28
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 8
cm., 6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
RP 1-28: Images of pages from Le Corbusier's 1960 publication L'atelier de la
recherche patiente, most depicting drawings and plans.
Box 35
Œuvre complète, Volume 1 (1910-1929)
Physical Description:
10
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 8
cm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
OC 1-10: Images of pages from Le Corbusier's publication Œuvre complète Volume
1, 1910-1929. Includes pages 9, 17-21, and 77. Also includes one cropped
image from page 148 of Œuvre complète, Volume 4, 1938-1946 (OC 10).
Unidentified architectural projects
Scope and Content Note
This file contains negatives that have not been identified, consisting of images of
both actual buildings and of architectural models. They may be documentation of Le
Corbusier's architectural work, or collected reference material.
Black-and-white negatives
Box 36
Unidentified building
Physical Description:
47
items
black-and-white-negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm., 4 x 5 in., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
Exterior views and details of an unidentified site and building.
Box 36
Unidentified models
Physical Description:
10
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Images of four different unidentified models.
Box 36
Color negatives: unidentified building
Physical Description:
9
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
Images of an unidentifed building.
Box 36
Color slide: unidentified model
Physical Description:
1
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
Image of an unidentified architectural model.
Box 36
Color transparencies: unidentified project
Physical Description:
2
items
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
An unidentified exterior view of one corner of a concrete building, and a view from
a balcony overlooking a large public space and city. Possibly different
buildings.
Series II.
Artwork, portraits, and notebooks (1907-circa 1960),
1949-1965, undated
Scope and Content Note
Series II comprises Lucien Hervé's documentation of Le Corbusier's life and activities
not necessarily linked to specific architectural projects. The series is arranged into
subject files created by Hervé. They include a printed chronology of Le Corbusier's life
and major architectural works, portraits of Le Corbusier and his wife Yvonne, often with
professional collaborators and friends, item-by-item documentation of his artwork,
hundreds of pages from Le Corbusier's personal notebooks, images of Le Corbusier's
student and apprentice work, images taken at various exhibitions, and a collection
"d'objets trouvés" which contains miscellaneous reference material. There is some
conceptual overlap, as this series does contain images of paintings and tapestries in
Chandigarh, relief work in concrete at L'Unité d'habitation à Marseille, and murals from
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. This material has been left in its original order, as it must be
noted that Hervé created a separate category for it, to differentiate it from the
documentation of projects.
The dates listed in parentheses are the dates of the original material (artwork,
exhibitions, etc.), and do not reflect the specific dates of exposure or printing for
this photographic material, as these dates remain unknown.
Additional information: In the fall of 2006, Allan Tomlinson rehoused this
collection and conducted a detailed inventory of its scope and contents. All negative
dimensions in this series were taken directly from this legacy data, therefore the data
is accurate, but not consistently expressed in standard archival nomenclature.
Arrangement
This series is arranged by subjects, including: Chronology; Artwork; Le Corbusier's
notebooks; Portraits; Exhibitions; and Collections d'objet trouvé.
Box 37
Chronology (1887-1965)
Physical Description:
17
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
TS 1-17: Images of different sections of a printed chronology of Le Corbusier's life
and work. Negatives are of various sizes, all are cut down from larger originals, and
some have some portions of text masked out.
Box 37
Le Corbusier's student and apprentice work
(1912-1913)
Physical Description:
22
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 8
cm.
Scope and Content Note
CF 1-22: Images of displays of drawings and other design work done by Le Corbusier
as a student or apprentice. CF 1-21 is sequence of negatives originally housed in
glassine envelopes numbered from FO-15A to FO-25B by Hervé. The glassine envelopes
have been discarded, and the original numbers have been transcribed onto the paper
tags bearing the GRI's identification numbers. Each original number is placed in
square brackets after the corresponding GRI number.
Drawings, paintings, sculptures, furniture (1928, circa
1950)
Scope and Content Note
Images of artworks by Le Corbusier, including sketches, paintings, and sculptures.
Also includes two images of furniture designed by Le Corbusier - the LC1 Sling Chair
(1928) and the LC4 Chaise Lounge (1928).
Black-and-white negatives
Box 38
Dossier 13
Physical Description:
611
items
6 x 6 cm., 4 x 5 in., 8 x 10
in.
Scope and Content Note
Images of artworks by Le Corbusier, including paintings, drawings, sculptures,
and tapestry photographed within his studio at 24 rue Nungesser et Coli, as well
as other locations. Notably includes interior views of artwork within Le
Corbusier's cabanon and the restaurant L'Etoile de Mer at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin,
and of E-1027, and views of the mural known as Sous les pilotis,
Graffite à Cap Martin, or Three Women in the
basement of E-1027. Also includes a few photographed copies of press articles
featuring Le Corbusier's work (1954-1965). The majority of the negatives are
numbered and some are accompanied by their original annotated glassine
envelopes.
No letter code assigned. Hervé's original "Dossier" number for this material
was Dossier 13.
Box 39
Dossier 13, continued
Physical Description:
834
items
6 x 6 cm, 4 x 5 in., 6.5 x 9 in., 35
mm.
Scope and Content Note
Images of artworks by Le Corbusier, including drawings, paintings, and some
sculptures. Many depict the artworks clipped to a display board, or leaned up
against a wall to be photographed. The majority of the negatives are numbered
and some are accompanied by their original annotated glassine envelopes.
No letter code assigned. Hervé's original "Dossier" number for this material
was Dossier 13.
Box 37
Furniture
Physical Description:
4
items
6 x 7 cm., 6 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
CM 1-4: Furniture designed by Le Corbusier. Three copies of original negatives
(of poor quality) depicting the metallic skeleton of the LC1 Sling Chair (1928),
and one original negative of a LC4 Chaise Lounge (1928) sitting in front of a
wall painted by Le Corbusier.
Box 38
Color negative
Physical Description:
1
item
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
An image of a television screen, showing a film still depicting people in
Victorian era costume dancing in a ballroom. This negative was found amongst the
black-and-white negatives in Box 38, and has been left with this material.
Box 38
Color slides
Physical Description:
4
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
Images of four line drawings of female forms. Slides are unmounted.
Le Corbusier's notebooks (1907-circa
1960)
Voyage de Jeunesse (1907-1911)
Scope and Content Note
Images of pages from original notebooks believed to have been produced by Le
Corbusier between 1907 and 1911 during his travels through Europe as a young
man.
Box 37
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
107
items
6 x 6 cm., 6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
VO 1-104, 106-108: Images of sketches and writings.
Box 37
Black-and-white transparency
Physical Description:
1
item
6 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
VO 105: An image of a sketch (a study of a landscape) from one of Le
Corbusier's notebooks.
Box 37
Miscellaneous notebooks and sketchbooks (circa
1955)
Physical Description:
320
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 35 mm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
NB 1-320: Images of pages from Le Corbusier's various notebooks, includes
writings and sketches. Visible dates include 1957 and 1962.
box 41
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
607
items
6 x 6 cm., 35 mm., 4 x 5 in., 7 x 10
cm.
Scope and Content Note
This group of negatives consists primarily of informal portraits of Le Corbusier.
It includes images taken at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France featuring Le Corbusier and
Yvonne, Thomas Rebutato, Jean Badovici, and others, many taken at the restaurant
L'Etoile de Mer and at E-1027. It includes images of Le Corbusier painting and
sculpting, of Atelier Le Corbusier on rue de Sèvres, Paris, of Le Corbusier visiting
L'Unité d'habitation à Marseille during and after construction, and six contact
prints of portraits of Le Corbusier in his Boulogne-Billancourt studio apartment. It
also includes images of a deceased Yvonne Gallis in her coffin (1957). The majority
of the negatives are numbered and some are accompanied by original annotated
glassine envelopes.
While the majority of these images (especially those 6 x 6 cm.) were taken by Hervé
in the 1950s and 1960s, this file undoubtedly contains copies of images taken by
other photographers. The images of Jean Badovici are original negatives, but they
are believed to be pre-war and were not taken by Hervé. There are also images of Le
Corbusier at Pessac, and a group portrait including Fernand Léger, both dated circa
1928, that were not taken by Hervé.
No letter code assigned. Hervé's original "Dossier" number for this material was
Dossier 12.
Box 40
Color negatives
Physical Description:
328
items
35 mm., 6 x 6 cm., 6 x 9 cm., 4 x 5 in., 13 x 12.5
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Images of paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Le Corbusier, as well as portraits
of Le Corbusier posing with his artwork. Notably includes both sketches and
completed artwork for Chandigarh, images of the exterior of Etoile de Mer at
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, and images of a deceased Yvonne Gallis in her coffin
(1957).
No letter code assigned. Hervé's original "Dossier" number for this material was
Dossier C3.
Box 37
Exhibitions
undated
Physical Description:
209
items
black-and-white negatives
6 x 6
cm., 6 x 9 cm., 35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
XS 1-209: Images of unidentified exhibitions of Le Corbusier's work, showing the
arrangement and installation of artwork that includes paintings, sculptures, and
architectural models. Also includes images of photographic prints of the exhibitions
clipped to a display board.
Collections d'objets trouvés
undated
box 42
Black-and-white negatives
Physical Description:
66
items
6 x 6 cm., 35 mm., 4 x 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
A collection of images that may have been used as reference, source, or planning
material. Includes images of unidentified paintings, sketches, and texts, as well as
architectural prespective drawings from a book, unidentified furniture, and images
of the cover of Le Corbusier's Vers une Architecture, the 24th Edition.
It also includes images of a crab shell, possibly the shell collected on Long
Island, New York, that supposedly inspired the design of La Chapelle de Ronchamp.
Many of the negatives are accompanied by their original annotated glassine
envelopes.
No letter code assigned. Hervé's original "Dossier" number for this material was
Dossier 15.
Box 36
Color slides
Physical Description:
22
items
35 mm.
Scope and Content Note
Exterior views of unidentified sites and buildings, and one exterior view of the
Charles and Ray Eames House, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. One slide is labeled
"Förderer," possibly a building by architect Walter M. Förderer.
Box 36
Color transparency
Physical Description:
1
item
3 x 6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Image of an architectural model of De Bijenkorf Department Store, Rotterdam, the
Netherlands, by Marcel Breuer, 1957. Transparency has been cut down from a larger
size.
