Jean Prouvé

"Dactylo" Desk

Import Tariff

Auction Closed

June 10, 06:51 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

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

Jean Prouvé

"Dactylo" Desk

circa 1950

produced by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France

oak, lacquered metal

27 ⅝ x 47 ¼ x 25 ½ in. (70.2 x 120.7 x 64.8 cm)

Galerie Charradeau, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013

Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé, Oeuvre Complète/Complete works: Volume 2: 1934-1944, Basel, 2000, p. 288, no. 896

Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé, Oeuvre Complète/Complete works: Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 60 and 68

Galerie Patrick Seguin, ed., Jean Prouvé, vol. 1, Paris, 2017, pp. 194-195

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