View full screen - View 1 of Lot 487. "Direction" Armchair.

Property from a Private Collection, United States

Jean Prouvé

"Direction" Armchair

Auction Closed

December 8, 07:38 PM GMT

Estimate

70,000 - 90,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, United States

Jean Prouvé

"Direction" Armchair


circa 1951

model no. 352

produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France

enameled sheet and tubular aluminum, oak, leather upholstery

32 x 24 x 23½ in. (81.2 x 60.9 x 59.6 cm)

Marc Jacobs, New York
Sotheby's New York, Marc Jacobs: A Life of Design, May 25, 2021, lot 91
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Peter Sulzer, Prouvé: Complete Works, Volume 3, Basel, 2005, p. 214, no. 1209
Galerie Patrick Seguin, ed., Jean ProuvéVolume 2, Paris, 2007, pp. 299, 310 and 312
Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé, Œuvre complète, Volume 4: 1954-1984, Basel, 2008, p. 85