Important Design

Important Design

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Property from the Pinnacle Art Collection

Jean Prouvé

"Visiteur" Armchair

Auction Closed

June 9, 06:24 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Pinnacle Art Collection

Jean Prouvé

"Visiteur" Armchair


circa 1947

model no. FV 11

produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France

oak, birch plywood, enameled steel, fabric upholstery

38 x 27½ x 36 in. (96.5 x 69.8 x 91.4 cm)

DeLorenzo 1950 Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1993

 

Jousse Seguin and Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, vol. 2, p. 56
Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre Complète/Complete WorksVolume 2: 1934-1944, Basel, 2005, pp. 292-293
Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean ProuvéVolume 2, Paris, 2007, pp. 270 and 286