ID 1230228
Lot 14 | CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
'Tunisie' Bookcase, from La Maison de la Tunisie, Cité Universitaire Internationale, Paris, 1952
produced by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
pine, mahogany, painted steel, painted diamond-point embossed aluminum
62 ¾ x 139 1/8 x 20 ½ in. (159.5 x 353.5 x 52 cm)
inscribed Chambre 15, N7, Droit
Provenance
La Maison de la Tunisie, Cité Universitaire Internationale, Paris, 1952
Private Collection, New York
Masterworks: 1900-2000, Christie's, New York, 8 June 2000, lot 253B
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
A. von Vegesack, et. al., eds., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Weil am Rhein, 1996, cover, pp. 186-187 and 265, no. 78
Y. Brunhammer, Le Mobilier Français: 1930-1960, Paris, 1997, p. 127
Galerie Jousse Seguin and Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 154-155, 178
M. McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 141-144, 228-229
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Un art d’habiter, 1903–1959, Paris, 2005, pp. 349-365, 383, 500
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé. Œuvre complète/Complete works. Volume 3 : 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 258-259, 375
L. Bergerot and P. Seguin, eds., Jean Prouvé, vol. 2, Paris, 2007, pp. 462, 494-497
Charlotte Perriand: L’aventure Japonaise, exh. cat., Musée d’art Moderne, Saint-Étienne Metropole, 2013, pp. 140-141, 148-149 (for drawings of the model)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works, Volume 2, 1940-1955, Zurich, 2015, pp. 366-367, 368-387 (for a discussion of the commission)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works, Volume 3, 1956-1968, Zurich, 2017, pp. 42 (for a discussion of the model), 510
Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World, exh. cat., Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2019, pp. 266-267, 400, 411, no. 11
F. Laffanour, ed., Living with Charlotte Perriand, Paris, 2019, pp. 256-257, 345
Artist: | Charlotte Perriand (1903 - 1999) |
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Medium: | Wood |
Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
Artist: | Charlotte Perriand (1903 - 1999) |
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Medium: | Wood |
Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
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