Pierre Paulin

Galerie kreo, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Private collection, France

Anne Bony, Meubles et décors des années 60, Paris, 2003, p. 108

Pierre Paulin designer, exhibition catalogue, Grand-Hornu, Belgium, 9 March -22 June 2008, p. 137 and 204

Patrick Favardin, Guy Bloch-Champfort, Les décorateurs des années 60-70, Paris, 2015, p. 260

Paulin, exhibition catalogue, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 11 May - 22 August 2016, p. 12-13 and 58

Clément Dirié, Made in Kreo, Paris, 2019, p. 49

Circa1966-1967, Pierre Paulin was asked to collaborate with the Atelier de Recherche et de Création du Mobilier National (National Furniture Research and Creation Workshop) to create seating models for public spaces.

It was within the framework of this commission that the Face-à-Face and Dos-à-Dos models were born. 

With their supple forms, these seats embodied a new way of sitting and living in the mid-1960s, one that was freer and more relaxed, far removed from the social conventions of the time. By combining a tubular metal frame, foam padding, and jersey upholstery, Pierre Paulin succeeded in creating fluid, organic lines that invite relaxation and redefine the relationship between the body and furniture.

The Face-à-face and Dos-à-dos are two rare examples of Pierre Paulin's innovative thinking and his collaboration with ARC.

A same model is in the collections of the Centre national des arts plastiques/Fonds national d’art contemporain (inv. FNAC 02-531)