JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984) AND JULES LELEU (1883-1961)

Lot 54
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Lot 54 | JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984) AND JULES LELEU (1883-1961)
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$ 10 000 – 15 000
JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984) AND JULES LELEU (1883-1961)
Pair of Armchairs, for the Sanatorium Martel-de-Janville, Plateau d'Assy, France, circa 1934-1936
produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, France
painted steel, linen upholstery
36 ¾ x 24 1/16 x 34 ¼ in. (93.3 x 61.1 x 87 cm) (each)




Provenance

Sanatorium Martel-de-Janville, Plateau d'Assy, Haute Savoie, France
Phillips, New York, 17 December 2014, lot 206
Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

E. Bréon and M. Lefrançois, Le Musée des Années 30, Paris, 1998, p. 110
F. Siriex, Leleu, décorateurs ensembliers, Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 2007, p. 178
Leleu - 50 ans de mobilier et de décoration 1920-1970, exh. cat., La Piscine-Musée des Art et d'Industrie André-Diligent and Musée des Années 30, Roubaix-Boulogne-Billancourt, 2007, pp. 96, 99



Further details

This model can be found in the permanent collection of the Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt, France (inv. no. 97.8.5).
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