Important Design
Important Design
Property from the Pinnacle Art Collection
Charlotte Perriand
"Tunisie" Bookcase
Auction Closed
June 9, 06:24 PM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Pinnacle Art Collection
Charlotte Perriand
"Tunisie" Bookcase
circa 1952
oak, lacquered metal
62½ x 139 x 20¾ in. (158.7 x 353.1 x 52.7 cm)
DeLorenzo 1950 Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1993
Alexander von Vegesack, et al., eds., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Weil am Rhein, 1996, pp. 186-87
Yvonne Brunhammer, Le Mobilier Français 1930-1960, Paris, 1997, p. 127
Mary McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 143 (for a period photograph of the model in the Maison de la Tunisie, 1952) and 229
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, Un art d'habiter, 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, pp. 361 (for a prototype of the model), 363 (for drawings of the model), 364-365, 383 and 500 (for a period photograph of the model in the Maison de la Tunisie, 1952)
Yvonne Brunhammer, Le Mobilier Français 1930-1960, Paris, 1997, p. 127
Mary McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 143 (for a period photograph of the model in the Maison de la Tunisie, 1952) and 229
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, Un art d'habiter, 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, pp. 361 (for a prototype of the model), 363 (for drawings of the model), 364-365, 383 and 500 (for a period photograph of the model in the Maison de la Tunisie, 1952)