Robert Doisneau & Jean Petit Hello Monsieur Le... Lot 38

Robert Doisneau & Jean Petit Hello Monsieur Le Corbusier. Zurich, Hans Grieshaber, 1988 Large in -4, [338 x 338 mm]. 112 pages profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, publisher's hardback, illustrated dust jacket, in white wrappers with a label pasted on the boards. With the English and German translation booklet. 20 pages, stapled. First edition. In 1944, Robert Doisneau met Le Corbusier at his home: 24 rue Nungesser et Coli in Paris. With his Rolleiflex, he photographed the painter, writer, architect and urban planner in his private environment, apartment and personal studio. A few years later, at 35 rue de Sèvres in the architect's studio, Robert Doisneau took a new series of portraits with his Leica 24x36. This will later lead to the magnificent work "Bonjour Monsieur Le Corbusier.