JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)

A TYPING DESK AND 'STANDARD' CHAIR, CIRCA 1950-51

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JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)
A TYPING DESK AND 'STANDARD' CHAIR, CIRCA 1950-51
enameled metal, stainless steel, oak, oak plywood
chair: 32 in. (81.3 cm.) high
desk: 27 in. (68.5 cm.) high, 47 3/8 in. (120.2 cm.) wide, 24 5/8 in. (62.5 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

cf. Galerie Jousse Seguin, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 40-41 for chairs of this model, p. 106 for desks of variant designs;
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 35, 211-212 for other chairs of this model, p. 178 for other desks of a highly comparable design.

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