Corbusier, Signed (32 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. DJ has light staining to the spine and spine edges (doesn't touch the book) and is now in a mylar cover. DJ has some light edge wear. ; Inscribed in French by the author on the front free endpaper. Included is the author's business card with a note, written in English and signed by Annie. Parallel text in French and English.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Le Corbusier (illustrator). First. Illustrated in black-and-white. x, [2], 180 pages. Square 8vo, red half-cloth with gilt decoration, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1997). First edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. A translation and interpretation of Mise au point by Ivan Zaknic. Signed.

Illustrated Boards. Condition: As New. Second Edition, First Printing. A crisp As New copy inscribed by noted architectural historian Jean-Louis Cohen who also did the introduction. Translated from the original French by John Goodman. 341 pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Dust Jacket Condition: Sehr gut. Ausstellungskatalog, Werkübersicht, OLwd, Rückentitel, VTitel m. gepr. Künstler-Signatur, OUmschl ill., 8° qu., 172 S., sign. u. mit Datum versehen auf d. Vorsatzblatt, Umschl. mit kl. Einriss im Rückenfalz, sonst ein tadelloses Ex. Signatur des Verfassers.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Deluxe limited ed. 250 total signed copies this one is No. 50. Decorative cover as well as slipcase. Text in clean/unmarked condition. Cover has shelf rubbings. Binding is tight. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A merely good copy of the first softcover edition (binding is wrappers), inscribed and signed in ink "cordialement / Le Corbusier" on the half-title page. Curiously, the recipient's name was at some point erased. Another prior owner's name modestly in pencil atop front blank endsheet. Text is unmarked. Age-toning to the pages, which nevertheless remain supple to the hand. Wrapper is in rather poor condition, with abundant fraying and splitting and a bit of tearing to the front spine seam, and chipping to crown and base of the spine, as well as to the corners. Front panel is loosened partially from the spine and is thus in somewhat precarious condition. One small spot to front wrapper panel, which has bled through to the verso. Signed by Author(s).

4°, 95 S., zahlr. Abb., Farbtafeln orig. Leinen-Ebd. (Hardcover) mit orig. Schutzumschlag, U. berieben m. Randläsuren u. Einrissen, Rücken unten min. gestaucht, sonst guter Zustand. Handschriftliches Gedicht von Reiner Kunze aus dem Band "Zimmerlautstärke", signiert am 23.12.1972. Sprache: Deutsch.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 22 x 29cm 356pp fair hardback in dust jacket, small sections of paper missing from the right-hand corner, top left close to spine, around the rear head of spine with chipping along top and lower edge of the jacket. Contributions by Rudolph Arnheim and Barbara Norfleet. The book is a critical biography of a building, the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University. The book is composed of the main biographical section and three supplementary essays, each treating a different aspect of the project or its designer, Le Corbusier. With black and white reproductions of the building and plans. Signed on the title page by William Curtis.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. In-folio, en feuilles, couverture illustrée rempliée, chemise et étui de l'éditeur. Le plus célèbre des ouvrage illustré par Le Corbusier fut intégralement composé et illustré par l'artiste entre 1947 et 1953. Les poèmes manuscrits de l'artiste sont ornés de 90 lithographies originales : 20 en couleurs à pleine-page, dont la couverture, et 70 compositions en noir dans le texte. Edition limitée à 270 exemplaires imprimée sur vélin d'Arches à l'atelier Mourlot, et signée par Le Corbusier au colophon. Un des plus beaux livres du XXe siècle, ici en très bel état. One of the most beautiful illustrated book of the XXth century. Original edition of Le Corbusier's poems illustrated with 90 original lithographs : 20 in colors in double-page and 70 in b/w in the text. Limited edition of only 270 copies, all signed by Le Corbusier. Beautiful copy. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A terrific Association copy of the 1947 1st American edition: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LE CORBUSIER TO TRYGVE LIE, THE VERY FIRST SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS (1946-1952), on the half-title. ALSO, ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY TRYGVE LIE on the title page. A very solid copy to boot. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing along the spine ends. Crisp black-and-white photo of Le Corbusier at the rear panel by Barbara Morgan. Signed.

1/4 Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY LE CORBUSIER on the front free endpaper. A handsome copy to boot of the 1930 12th edition. Solid and VG+. Bound with its original front wrapper in a 1/4 cloth over marbled boards. New endsheets, leather title label at spine, tasteful bookplate to the front pastedown. Octavo, fold-out map, dozens and dozens of plans and photographs throughout. Signed.

Original wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LE CORBUSIER on the half-title IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION. A tight, very clean copy to boot of the 1946 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial, light-blue wrappers. And in a crisp example of the glassine dustjacket. 12mo, 44 plates throughout --illustrations by Le Corbusier himself-- complementing his own text. Signed.

Printed wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LE CORBUSIER across the bottom of the half-title page. A solid, presentable copy to boot of the 1941 1st edition. Bright and VG in its printed, off-white wrappers, with very light spotting at the panels and mild chipping along the foot of the spine. Octavo, deckled fore and bottom-edges. Signed.

Boards. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. WARMLY SIGNED BY LE CORBUSIER on the half-title. A clean, crisp copy to boot of the 1937 1st edition. Attractively re-bound in white boards (with gilt-titling along the spine) and new endsheets. Easily VG+ to Near Fine. Octavo, also includes an unprinted dustjacket (probably not the publisher's) nicely protecting the book. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. Schutzumschlag. 1. Auflage. First edition (total 49 copies), original dustjacket, dedication by the author on the frontispice: "à M Jean Perrin avec mon amitié et toute ma sympathie". Size: 20.5 x 14.5 cm, 326 p. Condition: slightly brownish. Widmung des Verfassers.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 4° Sq. - unpaginated - B/w Photo-reproductions by Pino Musi. Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965)Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture.Typo and book design by Jean Petit. First edition limited to 85 copies containing one original Photograph by Pino Musi, signed and numbered. Text in French language. Original binding and dust-jacket and originsl slipcase. In Fine condition. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Sm.12° - 60pp - B/w reproductions of drawings. Destin de Paris/Fate of Paris by Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret 1887-1965) Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. Inscribed and dated Alger 1941 by Le Corbusier. First edition, text in French. Original wrappers bound in a half-leather Binding. In Fine condition. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12° - (14.5x14.5 cm) - 230pp - B/w reproductions. The Modulor is an anthropometric scale of proportions devised by the Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier by Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret 1887-1965) Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. First edition, inscribed and signed by Le Corbusier. Original boards and pictorial dust-jacket. In Very good condition. Inscribed by Author(s).

Couverture rigide. Georges Crès & Cie | Paris 1925 | 15.50 x 24.50 cm | relié | Deuxième édition. Ouvrage orné de nombreuses illustrations. Reliure en demi chagrin bordeaux, dos lisse, pièce de titre en forme de losange de chagrin vert, plats de papier marbré, reliure de l'époque. Rare envoi autographe autographe daté de 1925 et signé de Le Corbusier au cinéaste (Jean) Grémillon. Notre exemplaire est enrichi, sur la page de garde, d'un second envoi autographe daté de 1928 et signé du Corbusier : "A Mr E. Mercier. Il ne s'agit ici, en fait, pas d'art décoratif, mais de l'esprit qui anime l'époque magnifique et si poignante." Précieux ouvrage établi en reliure strictement d'époque et enrichi de deux envois autographes successifs signés de Le Corbusier. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] L'Art décoratif d'aujourd'hui [The Decorative Art of Today]Georges Crès & Cie | Paris 1925 | 15.5 x 24.5 cm | contemporary shagreen Second edition, with numerous illustrations. Contemporary binding in half burgundy shagreen, green shagreen, boards in marble paper. Rare autograph inscription dated 1925 and signed by Le Corbusier to the film director [Jean] Grémillon. Our copy is enhanced, on the first free page, with a second autograph dated 1928 by Le Corbusier: "To Mr E. Mercier. It is not a question here, in fact, of the decorative art, but of the spirit that animates this magnificent epoch and is so poignant." A precious copy, in a strictly contemporary binding and enhanced by two successive autographs by Le Corbusier. *.

First edition of this work by the famed architect. Small quarto, original wrappers with the dust jacket. Inscribed by Le Corbusier and dated in December 1950. In very good condition with some light rubbing. The subject of this book by Le Corbusier is among his most well-known works, LâUnite DâHabitation de Marseille, which inspired the Brutalist architectural style and philosophy. An important work of twentieth century architecture, rare signed and inscribed by Le Corbusier. The Unité d'Habitation (Housing Unit) is the name of a modernist residential housing design principle developed by Le Corbusier. The concept formed the basis of several housing developments designed by him throughout Europe with this name.The first and certainly most famous of these buildings is located in Marseille, France, and was built in the late 1940's. The Unité in Marseille is pending designation as a World Heritage site by UNESCO and was designated a historic monument by the French Ministry of Culture.

Condition: Wie neu. Birkhäuser Publishers. 1999. Berlin. First edition, first printing. Signed by René Burri! New, mint, unread; only opened once for signature. Hardcover with jacket. 295 x 235 mm. 181 pages. Edited and with texts by Arthur Rüegg. Text in english. Booklet (16 pages) with french and german texts. Life and work of the famous French architect in a coffee-table book. Rene Burri is one of the most famous Magnum photographers. His book "Die Deutschen" was selected as one of the best books ever published (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook, vol 1, page 218).***************Birkhäuser Publishers. 1999. Berlin. Erstausgabe. Originalausgabe. Signiert von Rene Burri! Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch; nur einmal geöffnet für die Signatur. Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag. 295 x 235 mm. 181 Seiten. Editiert und mit Texten von Arthur Rüegg. Text in englisch. Beilageheft (16 Seiten) mit französischen und deutschen Texten. Zustand: Außen leicht berieben und benutzt; wie neu. Innen neu und ungelesen; nur geöffnet für die Signatur! Signiert von Burri! Leben und Werk des berühmten französischen Architekten in einem Bildband. Burri ist einer der berühmtesten Magnum-Fotografen. Sein Buch "Die Deutschen" wurde auserwählt als eines der wichtigsten der Fotografie-Geschichte (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook, vol 1, page 218). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

No Binding. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Scarce catalogue in the form of 54 placards in slipcase, 52 with blueprints detailing apartment blueprints all fit to the same scale, modeled after the book Building Footprints by Eduardo Sacriste, Jr. The designs include both famous and lesser known architects, some notables including Le Corbusier, James Stirling, Mies Van Der Rohe. This copy is inscribed by Roger Sherwood, who was a professor at the University and also contributed the introduction. All contents are present. All of the placards have a small bump to the bottom right corner, and in some cases a larger bump. The images and text are not really effected since they are centered and on the left side. The introduction card which contains the inscription is bumped also along right side towards the upper middle, but none of the other cards have this wear. The contents are otherwise clean and unmarked besides the inscription in red pen, which is personalized and dated. The box itself shows some heavy wear but is nonetheless intact and the integrity of it is not comprimised. There is some visible rubbing and scuffing as well as a heavily bumped bottom corner which aligns with the bumps to the interior materials. There is a piece of tape from previous owner repairing an upper corner. Despite the bumps and wear to the case and the cards, this is a lovely item and quite uncommon. Edition size is unstated but presumed to be rather small and not necassarily for mass commercial use. Inscribed by Author(s).

Kurzbiographie (2 S. 4°, mit kleinem Foto des Künstlers) zur Ausstellung von Richard Paul Lohse in der Galerie Lydia Megert in Bern im Mai-Juni 1983, am Ende mit rotem Kuli eigenhändig signiert (dito : Brief (mit gedrucktem Namen RICHARD P. LOHSE SWB und Adresse) mit Ort, Datum, eigenhändiger Unterschrift signiert Zürich, 27.XII.1968 - an Günter Fuchs in Düsseldorf wegen Einzelheiten zu seinem Verzeichnis über Kunstkataloge, bemerkt das er mit Albers und Bill als Pionier an der Ausstellung New Shapes of Color im Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam teilnahm.etc. BEILAGEN : Zeitungsartikel Euro 125,-).

Les editions G. Crès & C., Paris. No date (ca. 1925). First edition. V+219 pages. Illustrated in b/w. Later half cloth binding with calf titlelabel to spine and original front cover included (signed Merete Funder). Near fine. * From the "Collection de "L' Esprit Noveau".

27x20 cm. 30 S., 1 Bl. Mit 8 Abbildungen auf Tafeln. Illustrierter Originalumschlag. Bolliger 7,203. - Originalausgabe. - Katalog der ersten umfassenden Ausstellung Le Corbusiers. Exemplar mit einer signierten Farbstiftzeichnung und 2 Kohlezeichnungen auf Seite 13, 15 und 21. Umfasst 186 Exponate. Mit einer Einführung von Wilhelm Wartmann und einem Text von Sigfried Giedion. - Provenienz: Nachlass Hans Erni, Luzern.

folder. Condition: Very Good. first edition. UNIQUE ANNOTATED TYPESCRIPT SIGNED WITH TWO FULL PAGES OF LE CORBUSIER DRAWINGS PRESENTING ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL PHILOSOPHICAL ACHIEVEMENTS. Born in 1887, Le Corbusier found himself situated between two competing historical and architectural moments: an intricate history of grandiose Gothic and Renaissance style, and the sleek, efficient creation of the Second Industrial Revolution. In his canonical 1923 Towards an Architecture, Le Corbusier argued that modernity must be matched with architectural innovation. Functionality took a core place in Le Corubusier's thinking. Houses were to be understood as machines for living, said Le Corbusier famously, and machines were to be governed by the economies in which they existed. From this conviction came Le Corbusier's famous villas, his massive housing blocks in the suburbs of Paris, and, perhaps most importantly, a fathering of modern architecture as defined by an emphasis on function, simplicity, and new material [Towards an Architecture]. In 1942, Le Corbusier was asked to create a universal measurement for construction materials. What Le Corbusier deemed necessary was not only the creation of a new unit, but the arduous task of unifying metric and Anglo-Saxon systems, integrating the inch and the centimeter into one intuitive scale. Although an ambitious project, this unification, coined Modulor, existed within the ethos of Le Corbusier's New Architecture. As Le Corbusier identified it, the importance of an architect was in their giving of "a [physical] order which we feel to be in accordance with that of [the] world." This order was not only in aesthetic sleekness, but in an ethos of design that mirrored the social, moral, and political reality surrounding the architect. Therefore, units of measurement as enablers of creationwere to reflect modern efficiency with new universal standards [Towards an Architecture]. It was not immediately clear what should be the basis for the new standardized units. Metric and Anglo-Saxon systems, after all, are based on different 'orders'a meter defined by the speed of light, a law of science; a foot defined by the proportions of the human body. Le Corbusier framed this tension in this rare manuscript: "the human body [exists] on one side, and the mathematicians on the other." Le Corbusier struggled with the concept of the Modulor over many years and the present text, dated by Le Corbusier [28/1/1951], represents a more mature and developed presentation of his theories. It reads as a manifesto-like preamble to the Modulor's ambitions in the postwar world: to "harmonize the flow of worldwide production," to systematize standardization without deadening compromise, and to reduce the friction of incompatible systems (metric versus footinch). Le Corbusier presents the Modulor as a human-scale "gamut" of measurementsexplicitly compared to the musician's scalegrounding chosen dimensions in bodily proportion and number. He invokes the golden ratio and the Fibonacci series as ordering principles, and includes the well-known endorsement attributed to Einstein ("a scale of proportions that makes the bad difficult and the good easy"), framing the Modulor as a tool of order, rigor, and harmony applicable from the architect's drafting table to the engineer's office and the building site. The two full drawing sheets, marked with figure callouts (e.g., "Fig. 35," "Fig. 65," "Fig. 100") and geometric/proportional constructions (including a right-angle scheme marked "90°" and ? symbols), reinforce the document's working character: argument paired with visual proof, capturing Le Corbusier's drive to make proportion not merely theoretical, but operational. Although we haven't been able to find this exact text published anywhere, the present typescript closely alignsoften in phrasing and argumentative sequencewith Le Corbusier's published presentation of the Modulor, and can be read as a self-contained "preamble" distilled from that larger.

Boulogne. Editions de l'Architecture d'aujourd'hui. " Collection de l'équipement de la civilisation machiniste ". 1938. In-4° à l'italienne, reliure cartonnage, dos toilé. Premier plat illustré d'une belle composition moderniste. 147 pages. E.O. Les bords du cartonnages sont un peu frottés, sans gravité. Exemplaire enrichi d'un bel envoi autographe de Le Corbusier.

First edition, first printing, inscribed to a fellow architect, Vladimir Karfik, opposite a portrait of himself on page 10, " à Karfik, du raisonnable, du fonctionnel, tant que vous voulez! Mais il faut qu'en tant ceçi, une direction spirituelle règne, un souffle créatif, une invention. Et atteindre à l'harmonie. Amicalement Le Corbusier, Zlin 1er mai 1935" ("To Karfik, reasonable, functional, whatever you want! But as such, a spiritual direction must reign, a creative breath, an invention. And achieve harmony. Kind regards Le Corbusier, Zlin May 1, 1935"). Karfik was a Czech modernist architect born in Slovenia. In 1925, he was employed in Le Corbusier's studio in Paris. He also worked at Holabird & Root and Frank Lloyd Wright's studio, both in Chicago, before returning to Czechoslavakia. He became head of the department at Bat'a in Zlin, where he designed numerous buildings at home and abroad. Le Corbusier carried a sketchbook with him throughout his life. As well as his architectural ideas, he noted people, pictures, projects, objects, and buildings. Oblong quarto. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs throughout. Original limp brown boards, lettering to front cover and spine in dark green. With dust jacket. Text in German, French and English. Owner's name of Victor Karfik to front free endpaper, dust jacket with front flap loose, heavily chipped and tape strengthened to verso, otherwise very good in good unclipped dust jacket.

4to. 4 1/2 pp. 1 Brief auf Briefbogen von L'Esprit Nouveau, die maschinenschriftlichen auf eigenem Briefpapier mit Briefkopf. 1. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Vichy, 4. August 1941. 8vo. 2 pp. Gefaltet. - Bedankt sich für einen erhaltenen Brief von Godefroy und das Foto, das dem Brief beilag. Erwähnt einen jungen Kollegen, Gerald Hanning, der zwei Jahre bei ihm erfolgreich gearbeitet habe ("un brave garcon et plein du talent"). 2. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Paris, 15. Dezember 1944. 4to. 1 1/2 pp. Auf Briefpapier der Zeitschrift L'Esprit Nouveau. Gefaltet. Dabei der Original-Briefumschlag. - Dankt für eine erhaltene Briefkarte und entschuldigt sich für die stark verzögerte Antwort. Verweist kurz auf den Einmarsch alliierter Truppen nach Deutschland und den beginnenden französischen Wiederaufbau. Freut sich auf ein Wiedersehen in Paris und die dann einzunehmenden Getränke "un Kirsch d'Alsace si meme un Calvados". 3. Maschinenschr. Brief mit Unterschrift. Paris, 5. September 1956. 4°. 1/2 pp. (kl. Einriss und Fehlstelle im rechten Seitenrand, ohne Textverlust). - Kurze Notiz als Antwort auf einen vorhergegangenen Brief. Bezieht sich auf die Auswahl eines jungen Architekten aus einer Gruppe, die in Marokko tätig werden wolle. 4. Maschinenschr. Brief mit Unterschrift. Paris, 19. März 1960. 4°. 1/2 p. - Kurzer Begleitbrief zu zwei Kopien von Empfehlungsschreiben an L. Costa und O. Niemeyer (hier nicht mehr dabei). Beiliegend 1 gedruckte und illustrierte Doppelkarte; zwei masch. Begleitbriefe des Sekretariats von Le Corbusier, signiert von seiner Sekretärin J. Heilbuth; 22 Blatt Anschreiben und Materialien der AILC, 1965-73 zu ihrer Tätigkeit, teils mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift des Architekten Pierre-André Emery (1903-1982). - Georges Godefroy wirkte als Architekt in Marokko und beeinflusste dort massgeblich den modernen Städtebau. 1950 wurde er zum Leiter der "Inspection régionale de l'Urbanisme" ernannt, die er bis 1966 leitete.

8vo. 2 leaves, plus two 4to leaves of typed letters to Le Corbusier (carbon copies, 19 April and 16 Sept. 1935). Writing to his "cher ami" Pierre Abraham (1892-1974), a French author and ex-aviation officer who in 1935 was leading the research team compiling the new French encyclopedia. Le Corbusier writes that he has received a previous letter, informs Abraham of a Paris address and travel plans to America ("Partirai le 16 oct. à New York pour 2 mois"), and mentions that he has sent the requested information and "3 photos de l'architecture". Signed thrice on the handwritten pages, with "Le Corbusier" signed twice on the first leaf, and "LC" on the second. - The two typed letters, also from Le Corbusier, are both related to Abraham and the Encyclopedia, in which Le Corbusier evidently had some involvement, especially in acquiring material. - Later name and number added to margins of first leaf in blue crayon; a few faint smudges, gentle creasing. The typewritten leaves are on delicate paper, with some marginal chipping, and are likewise numbered.