ID 778966
Lot 147 | JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
'Demountable' Chair, Model No. 300, designed circa 1952
manufactured by Atelier Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
plywood, painted steel
31 3⁄4 x 16 x 19 in. (80.6 x 40.6 x 48.3 cm)
Provenance
Galerie Downtown, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
F. Laffanour, Jean Prouve: Mobilier 1924-1953, Paris, 1987, cover
Jean Prouvé: Möbel/Furniture/Meubles, Cologne, 1991, pp. 30, 55-57
N. Prat, Jean Prouvé, catalogue d'exposition, Galeries Jousse Seguin-Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1998, pp. 42, 44-45
A. von Vegesack, et al., Jean Prouvé: The Poetics of the Technical Object, Weil am Rhein, 2005, p. 310
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre complète / Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 34, 204-205
L. Bergerot and P. Seguin, eds., Jean Prouvé, vol. 2, Paris, 2007, pp. 230, 234-235, 260-265, 436, 508
A passion for Jean Prouvé: From furniture to architecture, The Laurence and Patrick Seguin collection, exh. cat., Galerie Patrick Seguin, Torino, 2013, pp. 74-81, 270-271, 274-275
P. Seguin, Jean Prouvé, vol. 1, Paris, 2017, pp. 78-86, 99
| Artist: | Jean Prouvé (1901 - 1984) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Wood, Oak wood |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Artist: | Jean Prouvé (1901 - 1984) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Wood, Oak wood |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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