ID 880231
Lot 322 | JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 200 000
'Visiteur' Armchair, variant, model designed circa 1945
oak, painted metal, with original Simone Prouvé fabric upholstery
37 3/4 x 27 1/2 x 36 5/8 in. (96 x 70 x 93 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
| Artist: | Jean Prouvé (1901 - 1984) |
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| Artist: | Jean Prouvé (1901 - 1984) |
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