Lot 24
  • 24

Charlotte Perriand

Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 HKD
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Description

  • Charlotte Perriand
  • Bibliothèque Nuage
  • oak, aluminium, glass
Executed circa 1958.

Provenance

Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris

Literature

Edition Galerie Jousse Seguin - Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, p. 122, a variation of this model illustrated
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Un art d'habiter 1903-1959, Norma, Paris, 2005, pp. 400, 421 - 422, another example illustrated  
Edition Galerie Patrick Seguin - Sonnabend Gallery, Jean Prouvé, New York, 2007, p. 203, illustrated

Condition

The work is in good condition with scattered chipping and scratches to the wood, minor wear to the wood due to the aluminium partitions. Original aluminium partitions. Minor chipping to three pieces of the glass panes, all at the extreme corners.
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