JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)

AN OAK AND LACQUERED STEEL BOOKSHELF, 1936

Details

JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)
An Oak and Lacquered Steel Bookshelf, 1936
28 in. (71 cm.) high, 48 3/8 in. (123 cm.) wide, 11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) deep

Provenance

Gift from Jean Prouvé to one of his grandsons.

Literature

Exhibiton catalogue, Chefs-d'oeuvre des années 30: Table à pied unique par Jean Prouvé, siège par Jean Prouvé et Jacques André et autre acquisitions récentes par Prouvé, Roux-Spitz, Bastard et Brandt, Galerie 54, Paris, 2005, u.p.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie 54, Chefs-d'oeuvre des années 30: Table à pied unique par Jean Prouvé, siège par Jean Prouvé et Jacques André et autre acquisitions récentes par Prouvé, Roux-Spitz, Bastard et Brandt, September-December 2005.

Lot Essay

cf. P. Sulzer, ed., Jean Prouvé Complete Works Vol. 2: 1934-1944, Basel, 2000, pp. 132-133, cat. no. 545.18.

A. Barré-Despond, U.A.M. Union des Artistes Modernes, Paris, 1986, p. 229 for an illustration of a shelf of this design at the 1937 U.A.M. exhibition.

The model for the present bookcase was created as part of the furnishings Prouvé designed for the Ecole Nationale Professionelle in Metz. The school commissioned the bookcase in various sizes, with and without drawers and with two or three uprights. Prouvé also supplied the school with chairs, armchairs, tables, couches and desks.

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