Lot Essay
The present lot retains its original paint color from Jean Prouvé, '1791 PR Brun Van Dyck'.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTION
JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
Cité Tropique Desk, Model No. 501, circa 1951
Details
JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
Cité Tropique Desk, Model No. 501, circa 1951
painted steel, aluminium
28 3/4 x 35 7/8 x 27 1/2 in. (71.8 x 91.1 x 69.9 cm)
Cité Tropique Desk, Model No. 501, circa 1951
painted steel, aluminium
28 3/4 x 35 7/8 x 27 1/2 in. (71.8 x 91.1 x 69.9 cm)
Provenance
Air France, Brazzaville, Congo
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 14 December 2004, lot 151
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 14 December 2004, lot 151
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Galerie Jousse Seguin and Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, p. 131
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé Complete Works Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 1999, pp. 232-233 (for a drawing)
Vitra Design Museum, Jean Prouvé The Poetics of the Technical Object, Weil am Rhein, 2005, p. 316 (for a period photograph)
N. Peters, Prouvé, Cologne, 2006, p. 20
S. Dachs, et. al., Jean Prouvé: Objects and Furniture Design, Barcelona, 2007, pp. 36-37, 42
Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 2007, pp. 404, 410, 411 (present lot illustrated)
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé Complete Works Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 1999, pp. 232-233 (for a drawing)
Vitra Design Museum, Jean Prouvé The Poetics of the Technical Object, Weil am Rhein, 2005, p. 316 (for a period photograph)
N. Peters, Prouvé, Cologne, 2006, p. 20
S. Dachs, et. al., Jean Prouvé: Objects and Furniture Design, Barcelona, 2007, pp. 36-37, 42
Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 2007, pp. 404, 410, 411 (present lot illustrated)
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Michael Jefferson
International Senior Specialist, Senior Vice President