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Art of Collecting: A Pacific Island Connoisseur of Art and Design
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
Bibliothèque designed for the Maison du Mexique, Cité Internationale Universitaire, Paris, circa 1952
Details
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
Bibliothèque designed for the Maison du Mexique, Cité Internationale Universitaire, Paris, circa 1952
executed by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
painted steel, painted aluminum, white pine, stained white pine
62 7/8 x 72 3/8 x 12 1/4 in. (159.7 x 183.8 x 31.1 cm)
Bibliothèque designed for the Maison du Mexique, Cité Internationale Universitaire, Paris, circa 1952
executed by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
painted steel, painted aluminum, white pine, stained white pine
62 7/8 x 72 3/8 x 12 1/4 in. (159.7 x 183.8 x 31.1 cm)
Provenance
Wright, Chicago, 4 December 2005, lot 109
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Jean Prouvé, exh. cat., Galerie Jousse Seguin-Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1998, pp. 152-153, 181
M. McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 230-231
C. Perriand, Charlotte Perriand: A Life of Creation, New York, 2003, pp. 240-243 (for a discussion of the commission)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Un art d’habiter, 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, cover and pp. 368-379
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Oeuvre complète/Complete works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 260-261
V. Albus, et. al., Modern Furniture: 150 Years of Design, Königswinter, 2009, p. 488
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works, Volume 2: 1940-1955, Zurich, 2015, pp. 366, 367, 394
Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World, exh. cat., Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2019, pp. 268-269
F. Laffanour, ed., Living with Charlotte Perriand, Paris, 2019, pp. 11, 248-249, 347
M. McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 230-231
C. Perriand, Charlotte Perriand: A Life of Creation, New York, 2003, pp. 240-243 (for a discussion of the commission)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Un art d’habiter, 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, cover and pp. 368-379
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Oeuvre complète/Complete works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 260-261
V. Albus, et. al., Modern Furniture: 150 Years of Design, Königswinter, 2009, p. 488
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works, Volume 2: 1940-1955, Zurich, 2015, pp. 366, 367, 394
Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World, exh. cat., Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2019, pp. 268-269
F. Laffanour, ed., Living with Charlotte Perriand, Paris, 2019, pp. 11, 248-249, 347
Brought to you by
Michael Jefferson
International Senior Specialist, Senior Vice President