Important 20th Century Design

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Lot 168
  • 168

Jean Prouvé

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Description

  • Jean Prouvé
  • "Présidence" Desk from the Palais du Gouvernement, Niamey
  • lacquered steel, wood veneer, aluminum and steel sabots
designed 1948

Literature

Anthony Delorenzo, Alan and Christine Counord, Jean Prouvé/Serge Mouille, exh. cat., New York, 1985, pp. 71 (for the Steph Simon advertisement) and 72-73
Galeries Jousse Seguin and Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 97 and 104-105
Jean Prouvé, 1901-1984:  Constructeur, Paris, 2001, p. 96
Laurence Allégret and Valérie Vaudou, eds., Jean Prouvé et Paris, Paris, 2001, p. 236
Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé:  Oeuvre Complète/Complete Works, Volume 3:  1944-1954, Basel, 2005, cat. no. 1160

Catalogue Note

Jean Prouvé used a variant of the "Présidence" desk in his Maxéville office (Sulzer, cat. no. 1160).