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Jean Prouvé
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Description
- Jean Prouvé
- A Rare Adjustable ''Visiteur'' Armchair
- lacquered steel and oak
Provenance
Private Collection, Nancy
Galerie François Laffanour-Downtown, Paris
Literature
Anthony Delorenzo, Alan and Christine Counord, Jean Prouvé/Serge Mouille, exh. cat., New York, 1985, pp. 40 and 51
Galeries Jousse Seguin and Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 188 and 191
Jean Prouvé: La Biennale di Venezia, Paris, 2000, p. 41
Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre Complète/Complete Works, Volume 2: 1934-1944, Basel, 2000, fig. 46 and cat. no. 913 (for the model in Prouvé's home)
Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre Complète/Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, to be published in December 2004, cat. no. 1135.8
Galeries Jousse Seguin and Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 188 and 191
Jean Prouvé: La Biennale di Venezia, Paris, 2000, p. 41
Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre Complète/Complete Works, Volume 2: 1934-1944, Basel, 2000, fig. 46 and cat. no. 913 (for the model in Prouvé's home)
Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre Complète/Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, to be published in December 2004, cat. no. 1135.8
Catalogue Note
With its adjustable back, this rare model is a variant of the ''Visiteur'' armchair designed ca. 1942. Another chair of this type, seen in Jean Prouvé’s own house in Nancy, had small wheels on the front legs and washers on the back legs.