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Illuminated Library Table, designed for La Maison de l'Étudiant, Paris, circa 1951
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CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999) AND JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
Illuminated Library Table, designed for La Maison de l'Étudiant, Paris, circa 1951
metal manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
table top executed by André Chetaille
light fixture designed by André Salomon
'Gris Vermeer' painted folded sheet steel, ash
62 x 130 x 34 ½ in. (157.5 x 330.4 x 87.5 cm)
Illuminated Library Table, designed for La Maison de l'Étudiant, Paris, circa 1951
metal manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
table top executed by André Chetaille
light fixture designed by André Salomon
'Gris Vermeer' painted folded sheet steel, ash
62 x 130 x 34 ½ in. (157.5 x 330.4 x 87.5 cm)
Provenance
Maison de l'Étudiant, Paris
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, acquired from the above
DeLorenzo: Thirty Years, Christie's, New York, 14-15 December 2010, lot 40
Acquired from the above by the present owner
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, acquired from the above
DeLorenzo: Thirty Years, Christie's, New York, 14-15 December 2010, lot 40
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
P. Favardin, Le Style 50: Un moment de l'art français, Paris, 1967, p. 32
Jean Prouvé/Serge Mouille, exh. cat. DeLorenzo Gallery/Alan and Christine Counord, New York/Paris, 1985, pp. 76-77
E. Navarra, Galeries Jousse Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 129, 156-157
Jean Prouvé: Three Nomadic Structures, exh. cat. Arthur Ross Gallery, Columbia University, New York, 2002, p. 37
C. Perriand, A Life of Creation: An Autobiograph, New York, 203, pp. 242-243 (for a discussion of the commission)
M. McLeod, Charlotte Perriand, An Art of Living, New York, 2003, p. 226
J. Barzac, Charlotte Perriand Un art d'habiter, Paris, 2005, pp. 318-323 (for a discussion of the commission)
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé Oeuvre Complète Vol. 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 230-231, no. 1220.4
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand. L'oeuvre complète, volume 2, 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, pp. 306-309
F. Laffanour, Living with Charlotte Perriand, The Art of Living, Paris, 2019, pp. 181-183, 345
Jean Prouvé/Serge Mouille, exh. cat. DeLorenzo Gallery/Alan and Christine Counord, New York/Paris, 1985, pp. 76-77
E. Navarra, Galeries Jousse Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 129, 156-157
Jean Prouvé: Three Nomadic Structures, exh. cat. Arthur Ross Gallery, Columbia University, New York, 2002, p. 37
C. Perriand, A Life of Creation: An Autobiograph, New York, 203, pp. 242-243 (for a discussion of the commission)
M. McLeod, Charlotte Perriand, An Art of Living, New York, 2003, p. 226
J. Barzac, Charlotte Perriand Un art d'habiter, Paris, 2005, pp. 318-323 (for a discussion of the commission)
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé Oeuvre Complète Vol. 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 230-231, no. 1220.4
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand. L'oeuvre complète, volume 2, 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, pp. 306-309
F. Laffanour, Living with Charlotte Perriand, The Art of Living, Paris, 2019, pp. 181-183, 345
Exhibited
DeLorenzo Gallery/Alan and Christine Counord, Jean Prouvé/Serge Mouille, New York/Paris, 1985
Kukje Gallery, Jean Prouvé, Seoul, 28 February - 31 March 2005
Gagosian Gallery, Jean Prouvé and Charlotte Perriand Furniture and Architecture, Los Angeles, 29 April - 12 June 2004
Kukje Gallery, Jean Prouvé, Seoul, 28 February - 31 March 2005
Gagosian Gallery, Jean Prouvé and Charlotte Perriand Furniture and Architecture, Los Angeles, 29 April - 12 June 2004
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Daphné Riou
SVP, Senior Specialist, Head of Americas