[1st ed] The Open Hand: Essays on Le Corbusier

A collection of archival, interpretive, and reminiscent essays striving for an evenhanded account of the often controversial architect, through the prism of the Open Hand, a symbol for Le Corbusier of peace and reconciliation. First edition, edited by Russell Walden and published by MIT Press in 1977, with contributions from Paul Turner, Mary Patricia May Sekler, Maurice Favre, Brian Brace Taylor, Charles Jencks, Anthony Sutcliffe, Robert Fishman, Martin Purdy, John Winter, Maxwell Fry, Jane Drew, Madhu Sarin, and Stanislaus von Moos. 8vo, hardcover with printed dust jacket, 484 pages with b/w illustrations. Light chipping and moderate rubbing to dj.