Jean PROUVÉ (1901-1984) - Lot 157

Jean PROUVÉ (1901-1984) BA12 disassemblable sideboard, circa 1952, with vertical sides extended at the back by folded, ivory-lacquered sheet-steel returns assembled with the upper and lower oak tops by means of threaded rods tightened by butterfly nuts, opening with two sliding oak plywood front doors with profiled grips and resting on four airplane-wing-type feet. feet. Interior fitted with two shelves on racks. H. 99.7 cm. - L. 200 cm. - D. : 45 cm. (Wear, stains, scratches, missing veneer and paint, rubbing, slight accident in a corner). Manufactured by Ateliers Jean Prouvé PROVENANCE : - Collection of Monsieur B., architecte des Bâtiments de France. - Then by descent. Bibliography: - Alexander Von Vegesack, Jean Prouvé The poetics of the technical object, Edition Vitra Design Museum, 2005, similar model reproduced on p. 323. - Vincent Beratud du Chazaud amp; Manuel Bougot, Jean Prouvé/ cinq maisons sur mesure, Éditions Le Moniteur, 2020, n.p. - Serge Mouille - Jean Prouvé exhibition catalog, Edition Alan amp; Christine Counord amp; Anthony De Lorenzo, 1985, similar model reproduced on p. 59. - Jan Van Geest, Jean Prouvé, Edition Taschen, 1991, similar model reproduced p.141. - Raymond Guidot amp; Catherine Prouvé, Jean Prouvé Volume I, Edition Galerie Patrick Seguin, 2017, similar model reproduced on p. 396. - Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé Complete Works Volume 3: 1944-1954, Edition Birkhäusser, 2005, similar model reproduced p.173. - Exhibition catalog, Jean Prouvé, Edition Galerie Jousse Seguin amp; Enrico Navarra, 1998, similar model reproduced on p. 117. - Exhibition catalog, Steph Simon Retrospective 1956-1974, Edition Galerie Downtown, 2006, similar model reproduced on p. 40. - Tamotsu Yagi, Jean Prouve constructive imagination, Edition Millegraph, 2022, similar model reproduced p.48. - Catherine Prouvé amp; Catherine Coley amp; Mark Wigley, Jean Prouvé from furniture to architecture, Edition architecture, Edition Galerie Patrick Seguin, 2024, similar model reproduced on p. 271. Expert : Romain COULET Member of the S.F.E.P.