23. Ibid., p. 45.
24. X1-20-138, J. M. Nussbaum, “Mme. Marie Jeanneret-Perret, mère de Le Corbusier,” L’Impartial (Switzerland), September 1959.
25. R1-10 246T, letter to Albert Jeanneret, February 18, 1960, n.p.
26. Ibid.
CHAPTER LVIII
1. G1-10-194, letter to Marguerite Tjader Harris, September 2, 1956, Paris.
2. E3-10-55, letter to Marguerite Tjader Harris, October 6, 1956, Paris.
3. E3-10-56, letter from Marguerite Tjader Harris, October 9, 1956, Darien, Conn.
4. G1-16-110 to 111, letter to Marguerite Tjader Harris, July 22, 1959, Paris.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. E3-10-59, letter from Marguerite Tjader Harris, December 10, 1959, Darien, Conn.
8. Ibid.
9. E3-10-61, Secretary of Le Corbusier to Marguerite Tjader Harris, April 15, 1960, Paris.
10. Interview with Brother Roland Ducret, April 25, 2001.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Petit and Le Corbusier, Un Couvent de Le Corbusier, p. 131.
14. Ibid., pp. 130, 131.
15. Ibid., pp. 132, 20.
16. Ibid., p. 29.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid., p. 132.
19. Interview with Brother Roland Ducret, April 25, 2001.
20. Petit and Le Corbusier, Un Couvent de Le Corbusier, p. 20.
21. X2-1-73, René Deroudille, “Inauguration du couvent des dominicains,” Derrnière heure Lyonnaise, October 20, 1960.
22. Ibid.
23. Petit and Le Corbusier, Un Couvent de Le Corbusier, p. 28.
24. Ibid., pp. 28, 29.
25. Paris Match, September 11, 1965, pp. 44–58.
CHAPTER LIX
1. Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, p. 124.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid., p. 123.
4. Interview with Denise René, Paris, March 11, 2002.
5. Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, p. 125.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid., p. 126.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Le Corbusier et son atelier, rue de Sèvres 35, Oeuvre complète, vol. 7, p. 220.
13. T2-18/131, Charles Colbert to J. W. Rankin, March 21, 1961, New York.
14. T2-18-152, letter from Charles Colbert, April 17, 1961, New York.
15. Grayson Kirk, President, Columbia University, New York City, April 28, 1961.
16. Le Corbusier to Nehru, February 14, 1962, in Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, p. 127.
17. G3-3-9, letter to Narang, December 14, 1962, n.p.
18. Ibid.
19. G3-3-11, letter to Nehru, December 17, 1962, sent January 4, 1963, n.p.
20. P2-19-93, letter from Nehru, February 9, 1963, New Delhi.
21. Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, p. 128.
22. G3-3-397 to 398, letter to Nehru, June 26, 1963, New Delhi.
23. Ibid.
24. Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, p. 129.
25. Interview with Oscar Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro, July 12, 2007.
26. Letter to the architects of Barcelona, October 8, 1962, quoted in Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, p. 130.
27. Ibid.
28. Ibid., pp. 130, 131.
29. Le Corbusier et son atelier, rue de Sèvres 35, Oeuvre complète, vol. 7, p. 54.
30. Petit, Le Corbusier parle, p. 47.
31. Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, p. 132.
32. T2-18-268, letter from Jean Graven, rector of University of Geneva, May 11, 1963, Geneva.
33. Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, p. 132.
34. Ibid., p. 131.
35. Interview with Roger Aujame, Paris, October 5, 2000.
36. Ibid.
37. Letter from Le Corbusier to his staff, February 24, 1960, in Robert Doisneau and Jean Petit, Bonjour M. Le Corbusier (Zurich: Hans Grieshaber, n.d.), p. 92.
38. Le Corbusier, My Work (London: Architectural Press, 1960), pp. 9, 10, 11.
39. Interview with Françoise Jollant Kneebone, Paris, November 3, 2000.
40. P2-13-94, telegram to Nehru, October 26, 1963, Paris.
41. P2-13-98, letter to Nehru, October 26, 1963, Paris.
42. Ibid.
43. G3-4-94, letter to Nehru, November 4, 1963, Paris.
44. P2-13-100, letter to Nehru, March 30, 1964, Paris.
CHAPTER LX
1. E3-10-62, letter from Mrs. Tjader Harris, May 29, 1961, Hotel Lutétia, Paris.
2. E3-10-65, letter from Mrs. Tjader Harris, January 25, 1963, Vikingsborg, Darien, Conn.
3. Ibid.
4. G3-03-103 to 104, letter to Hilary Harris, February 2, 1963, Paris.
5. G3-03-102, letter to Marguerite Tjader Harris, February 2, 1963, Paris.
6. E3-10-69, letter from Marguerite Tjader Harris, February 11, 1963, Darien, Conn.
7. E3-10-70, letter from Hilary T. Harris, March 29, 1963, New York.
8. Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, p. 132.
9. Ibid.
10. X2-3-116, “De Gaulle a félicité Le Corbusier, Grand Officier de la Légion d’honneur,” France-Soir, December 20, 1963.
11. Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, p. 132.
12. Ibid.
13. Soltan, “Working with Le Corbusier,” p. 16.
14. Letter to Albert Jeanneret, July 29, 1965, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, in Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, pp. 139, 140.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Zaknic, The Final Testament of Père Corbu, p. 73.
18. Letter to Albert Jeanneret, August 24, 1965, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, in Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, p. 140.
19. Ibid.
20. Ibid.
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