Lecture notes and letters, 1943-1963.

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Lecture notes and letters, 1943-1963.

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Lecture notes dated 1945, some of which include sketches, and letters written by Le Corbusier to Helena Simkowitch, Marguerite Tjader Harris and her son, and 1 letter to Felix Man. Series I. Lecture notes: 8 p. of notes for a lecture given "7 mars [19]45 [at the] Theatre Sarah Bern[h]ardt," on post-war reconstruction. Includes rough sketches of a cathedral, a cityscape, etc., colored with conte. Pages are numbered 1-5, 7-9.

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