CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999) - photo 1
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CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)

Lot 64
11.12.2024 14:00UTC -05:00
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$ 47 880
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1356971
Lot 64 | CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
'Tokyo' Bench, variation with two feet, from the Collection of Henri Prouvé, Nancy, circa 1958
with original cushions by Simone Prouvé
spruce, hand-woven wool upholstery
24 ¼ x 82 5/8 x 28 5/8 in. (61.5 x 210 x 72.5 cm)




Provenance

Henri Prouvé, Nancy, France
Thence by descent to Bernard Prouvé
Marc Dancoisne, France, 2005
Private Collection, Belgium
Christie's, New York, 19 December 2006, lot 1025
Private Collection, New York
Phillips, New York, 6 June, 2019, lot 111
Dobrinka Salzman Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2021



Literature

J. L. Sert, "Charlotte Perriand," Aujoud'hui, Art et Architecture, March 1956, no. 7, pp. 76, 80-81 (for related examples)
Charlotte Perriand - Un art de vivre, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1985, pp. 48-49 (for related examples)
P. Favardin, Les Décorateurs des années 50, Paris, 2002, p. 136 (for a related example)
M. McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 145, 235 (for related examples)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand : Un art d’habiter, 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, pp. 393, 400, 403, 405, 430 (for related examples)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand et le Japon, Paris, 2008, p. 228 (for a blueprint and a related example)
Charlotte Perriand: L’aventure Japonaise, exh. cat., Musée d’art Moderne, Saint-Étienne Metropole, 2013, pp. 152-153, 155, 161 (for related examples)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works, Volume 3, 1956-1968, Zurich, 2017, pp. 102-104, 422-424 (for related examples)
Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World, exh. cat., Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2019, pp. 313, 315, 320, 325 (for related examples)
Living with Charlotte Perriand, Laffanour-Galerie Downtown, Paris, 2019, p. 11, 39, 108, 126-127, 129, 348, 358 (for related examples)



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Please note that this lot will be sold with a copy of a letter from Bernard Prouvé, son of Henri Prouvé, confirming that the bench belonged to his father and was used in his office until 1979.
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