Lot 147
  • 147

Jean Prouvé & Charlotte Perriand 1901 - 1984 1903 - 1999

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Lit à tablette Antony, 1953
  • lacquered steel and oak
  • Hauteur : 26 cm (10 1/4 in.) Largeur : 190 cm (75 in.) Profondeur : 80 cm (31 1/2 in.)
acier plié laqué noir, un chevet attenant pivotant de forme libre en chêne, reposant sur quatre pieds ; la tablette en bois dessinée par Charlotte Perriand

Provenance

David Gill, Londres

Literature

Jean Prouvé, catalogue d'exposition, Galerie Jousse Seguin - Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1998, p. 145
Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé oeuvre complète Vol. 3: 1944-1954, éd. Birkhäuser, Bâle, 2005, pp. 166-167, cat. no. 1140.6
Catherine Coley, Raymond Guidot et Françoise-Claire Prodhon, Jean Prouvé Vol. 2, éd. Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2007, p. 367

Condition

Numerous surface scratches to black relacquered frame, with rust. Some very crude and random retouching areas which shows brushstrokes. Traces of wear, dirt and nibbling to the side table and losses of veneer to the edge, particularly, where top has scratched from being pippeted out from frame.
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