Le Corbusier
Artist
Robert Doisneau
(French, 1912–1994)
Date1944, printed 1984
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions93.6 x 32.1 cm (image), 50.7 x 40.1 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineWilliam Grimm Fund
Object number2011.405.2
Label TextThrough his activities as an architect, designer, and writer, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (1887–1965)—known as Le Corbusier—pioneered modern architecture. Using a building rigid building prototype he called Maison Domino, Le Courbusier imagined open, logical spaces to replace haphazard, crowded cities.
Indeed, the idea of twentieth-century reinvention was behind the artist’s pseudonym, an altered form of his maternal grandfather’s name. A first-generation member of the International school, he wanted to create utopian architecture that was industrial and functional; however, critics often found his buildings too brutal and ascetic in nature.
ProvenanceG.W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, NYOn View
Not on viewLocations
- Permanent Location Worcester Art Museum (55 Salisbury Street), Print Room, Column P, Shelf 16
Robert Doisneau
1951, printed 1984
