ID 1230283
Lot 13 | JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
Curved ‘Compas’ Desk, designed circa 1953
produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, France
painted steel, aluminum, Formica-laminated wood
28 ¾ x 77 1/8 x 33 ½ in. (73 x 196 x 85 cm)
Provenance
Private Collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, January 2008
Literature
N. Prat, Jean Prouvé, exh. cat., Galeries Jousse Seguin-Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1998, pp. 100-102, 167, 186
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé. Œuvre complète/Complete works. Volume 3 : 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 264-267, 375
L. Bergerot and P. Seguin, eds., Jean Prouvé, vol. 2, Paris, 2007, pp. 331, 350-353 (for a discussion of the model), 510 (for the Steph Simon edition)
| Artist: | Jean Prouvé (1901 - 1984) |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Tables |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables |
| Artist: | Jean Prouvé (1901 - 1984) |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Tables |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables |
| Address of auction |
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