The Open Hand (1954)

– Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier (1887–1965), section, Open Hand Monument with Modular Man, c.1954. Brown ink, pencil and green and yellow crayon on trace, 280 × 400 mm. DMC 1733.

The Open Hand will affirm that the second era of the machine-civilisation, the era of harmony, has started.

-Le Corbusier

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