Le Corbusier, l’oeuvre tissé (book)

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Le Corbusier – L’œuvre tissée
Catalogue raisonné des tapisseries de Le Corbusier by Martine Mathias (1987)
Rare book – Philippe Sers Éditeur / Vilo
Preface by François Mathey, introduction by Annick Davy
(All three museum curators)
44 illustrations in color
65 illustrations in black and white
Hardback – 103 pages
Very good condition inside
Illustrated dust jacket a little faded (slight traces of use)
Delivery time : approx. 2 weeks.

French version.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Arras for the centenary of Le Corbusier’s birth. A complete catalogue raisonné of Le Corbusier’s tapestries, rich in unpublished documents and in-depth analyses.

Tapestry According to Le Corbusier: From Cartoon to Woven Work
Le Corbusier discovered tapestry in 1936 thanks to the collector Marie Cuttoli, who commissioned a cartoon from him to revive art tapestry in Aubusson.

But it was in 1948 that he fully theorized its artistic and architectural role with the revolutionary concept of the “MuralNomad”: a mobile tapestry, a living element of the modern home, that can be taken down, rolled up, transported, and hung elsewhere at will.

This vision was realized through a fruitful collaboration with Pierre Baudouin, an artist and teacher in Aubusson, who ensured the perfect transposition of the cartoons into woven tapestries.

Inspired by his favorite themes—objects of Purism, female figures, “objects of poetic reaction” (akin to Léger’s work), and more spiritual subjects like Ubu and Totem—Le Corbusier commissioned some thirty tapestries between 1936 and 1965.

He also undertook major public commissions, notably for UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

Ideal for enthusiasts of modern architecture, 20th-century design, decorative arts, and out-of-print books on Le Corbusier, this book remains a key reference for understanding Le Corbusier’s major contribution to the art of tapestry in the 20th century.

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