Important Design

Jean Prouvé

Cité resting armchair

Artist's Resale Right

Auction Closed

November 25, 06:14 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 EUR

Lot Details

Lire en français

Description

Jean Prouvé

Cité resting armchair

Designed circa 1932

Lacquered steel, cotton canvas and leather

80 x 68,3 x 91 cm ; 31 ½ x 26 ⅞ x 35 ⅞ in.

Private collection, France

Sign Gallery, Tokyo

Private collection, Tokyo

Phillips, New York, 29 June 2020, lot 68

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Private collection, Europe

Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé : Oeuvre complète, Volume 1: 1917-1933, Basel, 1999, p. 209-211

Sandra Dachs and al., Jean Prouvé : Objects and Furniture Design, Barcelona, 2007, p. 41 and 121

Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Volume 1, Paris, 2007, p. 83, 102, 116-117 and 126

Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Volume 2, Paris, 2007, p. 270 and 277

A passion for Jean Prouvé : From furniture to architecture, The Laurence and Patrick Seguin collection, exhibition catalogue, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, 6 April– 8 September 2013, p. 126-127 and 272

The export of this property from France (including to other Member States of the European Union), as well as export from the European Union, may be subject to one or more export or import licenses being granted. Sotheby’s, upon request and for an administrative fee, may apply for a license to export your Lot(s) outside France.

L’exportation de ce bien hors de France (y compris vers d’autres pays de l’Union Européenne), ainsi que son exportation hors de l’Union Européenne, peuvent-être subordonnées à l’obtention d’une ou plusieurs autorisation(s) d’exporter ou d’importer. Sotheby’s, sur demande et contre paiement de frais administratifs, peut présenter une demande d’autorisation pour exporter votre(vos) Lot(s) hors de France.