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CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999) AND JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)

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$ 1 000 000
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07.12.2023 11:00UTC -04:00
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ID 1105351
Lot 52 | CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999) AND JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999) AND JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)

Illuminated Library Table, designed for La Maison de l'Étudiant, Paris, circa 1951

metal manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France

table top executed by André Chetaille

light fixture designed by André Salomon

'Gris Vermeer' painted folded sheet steel, ash

62 x 130 x 34 ½ in. (157.5 x 330.4 x 87.5 cm)





Provenance

Maison de l'Étudiant, Paris

DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, acquired from the above

DeLorenzo: Thirty Years, Christie's, New York, 14-15 December 2010, lot 40

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

P. Favardin, Le Style 50: Un moment de l'art français, Paris, 1967, p. 32

Jean Prouvé/Serge Mouille, exh. cat. DeLorenzo Gallery/Alan and Christine Counord, New York/Paris, 1985, pp. 76-77

E. Navarra, Galeries Jousse Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 129, 156-157

Jean Prouvé: Three Nomadic Structures, exh. cat. Arthur Ross Gallery, Columbia University, New York, 2002, p. 37

C. Perriand, A Life of Creation: An Autobiograph, New York, 203, pp. 242-243 (for a discussion of the commission)

M. McLeod, Charlotte Perriand, An Art of Living, New York, 2003, p. 226

J. Barzac, Charlotte Perriand Un art d'habiter, Paris, 2005, pp. 318-323 (for a discussion of the commission)

P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé Oeuvre Complète Vol. 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 230-231, no. 1220.4

J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand. L'oeuvre complète, volume 2, 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, pp. 306-309



Exhibited

DeLorenzo Gallery/Alan and Christine Counord, Jean Prouvé/Serge Mouille, New York/Paris, 1985

Kukje Gallery, Jean Prouvé, Seoul, 28 February - 31 March 2005

Gagosian Gallery, Jean Prouvé and Charlotte Perriand Furniture and Architecture, Los Angeles, 29 April - 12 June 2004
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