Jean Prouvé

"Compas" Table

Import Tariff

Auction Closed

June 10, 06:51 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Of Form & Color: Art & Design from the Emmanuel de Bayser Collection

Jean Prouvé

"Compas" Table

circa 1953

model no. 512

produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France

laminated ash, lacquered metal

underside of tabletop with plaque inscribed CEA/MAR/INT/CDE/31552/81120000 1190

metal with plaque inscribed CEA/MAR/INT/CDE/16135/811231 260721

28 x 47 ⅛ x 31 ⅜ in. (71.1 x 119.7 x 79.1 cm)

Site de production de l'Electricité de France, Marcoule

Artcurial, Paris, March 28, 2017, lot 314

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé Œuvre Complète/Complete Works, Vol. 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 264, 266 and 268-269

Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé, vol. 1, Paris, 2017, pp. 294-301

Because this lot was imported into the United States after April 5th, 2025, it is subject to an import tariff based on the value declared upon entry into the United States. The cost of the tariff, $1,912.85, plus applicable sales tax will be included on your invoice unless you instruct Sotheby's to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address. For more information on the import tariff, please review the Symbol Key in the back of the catalogue.