ID 920230 
Lot 27  | CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000 
Bibliothèque designed for the Maison du Mexique, Cité Internationale Universitaire, Paris, circa 1952
executed by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
painted steel, painted aluminum, white pine, stained white pine
62 7/8 x 72 3/8 x 12 1/4 in. (159.7 x 183.8 x 31.1 cm)
Provenance
Wright, Chicago, 4 December 2005, lot 109
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Jean Prouvé, exh. cat., Galerie Jousse Seguin-Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1998, pp. 152-153, 181
M. McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 230-231
C. Perriand, Charlotte Perriand: A Life of Creation, New York, 2003, pp. 240-243 (for a discussion of the commission)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Un art d’habiter, 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, cover and pp. 368-379
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Oeuvre complète/Complete works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 260-261
V. Albus, et. al., Modern Furniture: 150 Years of Design, Königswinter, 2009, p. 488
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works, Volume 2: 1940-1955, Zurich, 2015, pp. 366, 367, 394
Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World, exh. cat., Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2019, pp. 268-269
F. Laffanour, ed., Living with Charlotte Perriand, Paris, 2019, pp. 11, 248-249, 347
| Artist: | Charlotte Perriand (1903 - 1999) Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965) | 
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Aluminum | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards | 
| Artist: | Charlotte Perriand (1903 - 1999) Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965) | 
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Aluminum | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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