Charlotte Perriand

"Nuage" Bookshelf

Import Tariff

Auction Closed

June 10, 06:51 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

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

Charlotte Perriand

"Nuage" Bookshelf

circa 1958

metal elements produced by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France

sapele, painted steel

27 ⅞ x 110 ¼ x 13 ¼ in. (70.8 x 280 x 33.7 cm)

Galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013

Mary McLeod, Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 145 and 146 (for a related example)

Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, Un Art d'Habiter 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, pp. 400, 403, 405, 417 and 421-422

Steph Simon: Retrospective 1956-1974. Prouvé, Perriand, Mouille, Jouve, Noguchi, exh. cat., Galerie Downtown François Laffanour, Paris, 2007, pp. 62-63 and 67

Charlotte Perriand L'Aventure Japonaise, exh. cat., Musée d'Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, 2013, p. 176

Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, L'Oeuvre Complète, vol. 3, Paris, 2017, pp. 24-25 and 56-57

Le Monde Nouveau de Charlotte Perriand, exh. cat., Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2019, p. 333

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, $10,500, 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.