Jean Prouvé

"Standard" Chair

Import Tariff

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June 15, 04:12 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

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Lot Details

Description

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

Jean Prouvé

"Standard" Chair

circa 1950

model no. 305

produced by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France

enameled sheet and tubular steel, molded beech plywood, vinyl upholstery

31 ¼ x 16 ¾ x 18 ⅞ in. (80.6 x 42.5 x 47.9 cm)

Galerie City Furniture, Antwerp

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Galeries Jousse Seguin and Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 46, 167, 174, 179, 183

Jean Prouvé: Constructeur, 1901-1984, exh. cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, 2001, p. 91

Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Oeuvre Complète/Complete Works, Vol. 3, 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 210-211

Jean Prouvé: The Poetics of Technical Objects, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2007, pp. 205, 305, 326-327

Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Vol. 1, Paris, 2007, pp. 68-70, 147, 157, 159, 185, 190, 193, 196, 199, 203, 208

Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Vol. 2, Paris, 2007, pp. 234-235, 266-269, 511

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, $1,000, 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.