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Jean Prouvé

"Potence" Wall Light

Auction Closed

June 5, 10:36 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Jean Prouvé

"Potence" Wall Light


circa 1950

produced by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France

lacquered metal

11 ¾ x 40 ⅝ x 1 ⅜ in. (29.9 x 103.2 x 3.5 cm)

Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002

Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 168-169 (for variations of the model)

Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 2007, vol. 2, pp. 374-375 and 377 (for related models)

Calder | Prouvé, exh. cat., Gagosian Gallery and Galerie Patrick Seguin, 2013, p. 79 (for a related model)

Jean Prouvé: Constructive Imagination, exh. cat., Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, 2022, pp. 46-47 (for a related model)

Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé: A Collection of Tamotsu Yagi, Venice, California, 2022, p. 3 (for the present lot illustrated)