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Le Corbusier mural, Fondation Suisse, Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, Paris, France

Detail of the painted mural entitled 'the painting of silence', 1948, by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), and furniture by Charlotte Perriand, 1903-1999, in the curved lounge or Salon Courbe of the Fondation Suisse or the Swiss Foundation, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (his cousin, 1896-1967), and inaugurated 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This painted mural replaced an earlier photographic mural from 1933. The structure sits on stilts and the reception area has an open floor plan, the facade is simple and flat with many windows and there is a rooftop garden. It is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.

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Detail of the painted mural entitled 'the painting of silence', 1948, by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), and furniture by Charlotte Perriand, 1903-1999, in the curved lounge or Salon Courbe of the Fondation Suisse or the Swiss Foundation, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (his cousin, 1896-1967), and inaugurated 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This painted mural replaced an earlier photographic mural from 1933. The structure sits on stilts and the reception area has an open floor plan, the facade is simple and flat with many windows and there is a rooftop garden. It is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.