ID 778980
Lot 145 | JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
'Direction' Armchair, Model No. 352, designed 1951
oak, painted steel, leather upholstery
30 1⁄2 x 24 1⁄2 x 22 in. (77.5 x 62.2 x 55.9 cm)
Literature
P. Favardin, Le Style 50: Un Moment de L'Art Francais, Brussels, 1987, p. 28
Jean Prouvé: Möbel/Furniture/Meubles, Cologne, 1991, p. 31
N. Prat, Jean Prouvé, catalogue d'exposition, Galeries Jousse Seguin-Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1998, pp. 48-49, 202-205
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre complète / Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 215
L. Bergerot and P. Seguin, eds., Jean Prouvé, vol. 2, Paris, 2007, pp. 299, 310-313, 326-327, 341, 509
F. Laffanour, Steph Simon: Retrospective 1956-1974, Paris, 2007, pp. 46-47
A passion for Jean Prouvé: From furniture to architecture, The Laurence and Patrick Seguin collection, exh. cat., Galerie Patrick Seguin, Torino, 2013, pp. 92-93, 270-271
P. Seguin, Jean Prouvé, vol. 1, Paris, 2017, pp. 148-151, 162
| Artist: | Jean Prouvé (1901 - 1984) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Leather, Wood, Oak wood, Plastic |
| 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: | Acrylic glass, Leather, Wood, Oak wood, Plastic |
| 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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