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Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé

"Antony" Bookcase

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June 5, 10:36 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

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Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé

"Antony" Bookcase


circa 1954

produced by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France

oak, lacquered metal, plastic drawer

42 ⅝ x 116 ½ x 14 ⅞ in. (108.3 x 296 x 37.8 cm)

Résidence Universitaire “Jean Zay”, Antony, circa 1954

Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996

Galeries Jousse Seguin and Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 146-147

Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, p. 27

Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Un art d’habiter, Paris, 2005, p. 411

Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 2007, vol. 2, pp. 492-493

Calder | Prouvé, exh. cat., Gagosian Gallery and Galerie Patrick Seguin, 2013, pp. 140-142

A Passion for Jean Prouvé, From Furniture to Architecture, The Laurence and Patrick Seguin Collection, exh. cat., Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Torino, 2013, p. 116

Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works, Volume 2, 1940-1955, 2017, p. 427