'Tunisie' Bookcase, from Bedroom 11 of La Maison de la Tunisie, Cité Universitaire Internationale, Paris, 1952
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CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
'Tunisie' Bookcase, from Bedroom 11 of La Maison de la Tunisie, Cité Universitaire Internationale, Paris, 1952
produced by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
pine, mahogany, painted steel, painted diamond-point embossed aluminum
62 3⁄8 x 139 x 20 7⁄8 in. (158.5 x 353 x 53 cm)
inscribed 2 Etage and Droit to the lower surface, and Chambre 11, N 1 and Droit to the underside
'Tunisie' Bookcase, from Bedroom 11 of La Maison de la Tunisie, Cité Universitaire Internationale, Paris, 1952
produced by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
pine, mahogany, painted steel, painted diamond-point embossed aluminum
62 3⁄8 x 139 x 20 7⁄8 in. (158.5 x 353 x 53 cm)
inscribed 2 Etage and Droit to the lower surface, and Chambre 11, N 1 and Droit to the underside
Literature
Galerie Jousse Seguin and Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 154-155, 178
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, l’oeuvre complète, 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, vol. 2, pp. 367, 369 (for a drawing), 371-381 (for a discussion of the commission)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, l’œuvre complète, 1956-1968, Paris, vol. 3, 2017, p. 510
Le monde nouveau de Charlotte Perriand, exh. cat., Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2 October 2019-24 February 2020, pp. 266-267, 400, 411, no. 11
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, l’oeuvre complète, 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, vol. 2, pp. 367, 369 (for a drawing), 371-381 (for a discussion of the commission)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, l’œuvre complète, 1956-1968, Paris, vol. 3, 2017, p. 510
Le monde nouveau de Charlotte Perriand, exh. cat., Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2 October 2019-24 February 2020, pp. 266-267, 400, 411, no. 11
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