LC/4, chaise longue
designed (1928); manufactured (c. 1970)
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1971
© Le Corbusier/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
- Gallery location
- Mid 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Le Corbusier was one of the most influential figures in modern architecture and design during the first half of the twentieth century. In the late 1920s he designed a range of furniture with Charlotte Perriand and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, inspired by German experiments with the use of tubular steel in furniture. The LC/4, chaise longue epitomises Le Corbusier’s rationalist ideas about function and adaptation. In his 1923 manifesto, Towards a New Architecture, Le Corbusier wrote, ‘It is possible to seat oneself in several ways, and the new shape of the chair must correspond to these different ways. By using metal tubing or sheet metal to construct the new seat shape, the problems disappear.’
Artwork Details
Purchased, 1971
© Le Corbusier/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Level 2, NGV International