JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)

Lot 323
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ID 880167
Lot 323 | JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
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$ 150 000 – 200 000
JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)

'Visiteur' Armchair, variant, model designed circa 1945

oak, painted metal, with original Simone Prouvé fabric upholstery

37 5/8 x 27 1/2 x 38 1/8 in. (95.5 x 70 x 97 cm)





Provenance

Françoise Gauthier, daughter of Jean Prouvé and wife of Dr. Gauthier, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, acquired directly from the artist, circa 1960

Thence by descent

AnticThermal, Nancy, 13 February 2021, lot 175

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

Jean Prouvé, exh. cat., Galeries Jousse Seguin-Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1998, p. 56

P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Oeuvre complète/Complete works. Volume 2: 1934-1944, Birkäuser, Basel, 2000, p. 293, n. 912

P. Favardin, Les Décorateurs des Années 50, Paris, 2002, pp. 293 (for a related model), 295 (for a period photograph)

Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Volume 1, Paris, 2007, pp. 114-115, 137, 270
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