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The Modulor: Le Corbusier’s Universal Standard

Published on , by Claire Papon
Auction on 08 April 2021 - 15:00 (CEST) - 37, rue des Mathurins - 75008 Paris

Who is this big red man with an athletic build? The Modulor, a kind of universal master standard for housing and furniture that Le Corbusier developed between 1942 and 1950.

Charles Édouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965), Modulor, Novopan cut-out, some... The Modulor: Le Corbusier’s Universal Standard

Charles Édouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965), Modulor, Novopan cut-out, some parts in relief, entirely lacquered in red, 178 x 72 x 4 cm (70.08 x 28.35 x 1.58 in).
Estimate: €100,000/150,000.
© FLC-ADAGP

In Roquebrune-Cap-Martin during the summer of 1958, two Modulor figures, one with his arm raised, the other with his arm lowered, were drawn on Novopan panels and their parts highlighted by Le Corbusier. They were…
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