拍品专文
Damier, quadrillage et pointes géométriques, faire le détail de l’armoire Brazaville, c’est trouver un peu de Mondrian : la quincaillerie de métal, peau fine mais résistante, s’efface, au profit d’aplats de couleurs vives, rythmant chaque espace clairement délimité. Conçu pour équiper les appartements de l’immeuble Air France à Brazzaville, la fabrication du Placard Brazza a été réalisé en collaboration avec Jean Prouvé et les Ateliers Jean Prouvé en 1951. Ce prototype du placard, le seul complet existant, est présenté dans la manifestation Formes Utiles de 1952 et est installé dans l’appartement de Charlotte Perriand rue Las Cases afin d’y être expérimenté avec un ensemble sanitaire douche-baignoire-rangement.
With its chequered pattern and geometric points, the detail of the Brazzaville cupboard is a bit Mondrian: the thin but resistant metal hardware fades away to reveal brightly coloured surfaces that mark out each clearly defined space. Designed for the apartments in the Air France building in Brazzaville, the Placard Brazza was made in collaboration with Jean Prouvé and the Ateliers Jean Prouvé in 1951. This prototype of the cupboard, the only complete one in existence, was presented at the Formes Utiles exhibition in 1952 and was then placed in Charlotte Perriand's apartment in Rue Las Cases to be tried out with a shower-bath-storage unit.
With its chequered pattern and geometric points, the detail of the Brazzaville cupboard is a bit Mondrian: the thin but resistant metal hardware fades away to reveal brightly coloured surfaces that mark out each clearly defined space. Designed for the apartments in the Air France building in Brazzaville, the Placard Brazza was made in collaboration with Jean Prouvé and the Ateliers Jean Prouvé in 1951. This prototype of the cupboard, the only complete one in existence, was presented at the Formes Utiles exhibition in 1952 and was then placed in Charlotte Perriand's apartment in Rue Las Cases to be tried out with a shower-bath-storage unit.