Lot n° 301
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20000 - 30000
EUR
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Result
: 33 000EUR
Jean PROUVÉ (1901-1984) 3 - Lot 301
Jean PROUVÉ (1901-1984) 3
Rare dismountable chair model n°301, circa 1951, with oak plywood seat and backrest set on two profiled solid oak base sides assembled by two threaded rod spacers under lacquered steel tubing and secured with screws and washers.
H. 80.3 cm. - L. : 40.6 cm. - D. : 46.5 cm.
(Wear, scratches, paint and veneer chips, stains, weakness on a rear tenon and missing).
Manufactured by Ateliers Jean Prouvé
Provenance :
- Collection of Mr. B., Architecte des Bâtiments de France, then by descent.
Note :
In 1947, Ateliers Jean Prouvé resumed the studies carried out during the war, in order to produce a new model of dismountable chair, in metal or wood. The creation of a "do-it-yourself chair" was announced as early as 1947 by Jean Prouvé at the Meubles de France competition.
Bibliography :
- Raymond Guidot Catherine Prouvé, Jean Prouvé Volume I, Edition Galerie Patrick Seguin, 2017, similar model reproduced on p. 75.
- Anne Bony, Meubles et décors des années 40, Editions du Regard, 2002, similar model reproduced p. 150.
- Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé Complete Works Volume 3 1944-1954, Edition Birkäusser, 2005, similar model reproduced p. 153.
- C. Coley R. Guidot F.C. Prodhon, Jean Prouvé Volume I, Edition Galerie Patrick Seguin, 2007, similar model reproduced on p. 254.
- The Laurence and Patrick Seguin collection, Edition Pinoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, 2013, similar model reproduced on p. 71.
- Galerie Laffanour, Living with Charlotte Perriand, Edition Skira, 2019, similar model reproduced on p. 233.
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