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Rare Sideboard, Model No. 150, variant for the Société Générale Douala, Brazzaville, Congo, circa 1951-1952
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JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
Rare Sideboard, Model No. 150, variant for the Société Générale Douala, Brazzaville, Congo, circa 1951-1952
produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, France
vert tilleul painted folded sheet steel and aluminum, aluminum sheet, oak
39 1⁄8 x 78 ½ x 17 ¾ in. (99.3 x 199.5 x 45 cm)
Rare Sideboard, Model No. 150, variant for the Société Générale Douala, Brazzaville, Congo, circa 1951-1952
produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, France
vert tilleul painted folded sheet steel and aluminum, aluminum sheet, oak
39 1⁄8 x 78 ½ x 17 ¾ in. (99.3 x 199.5 x 45 cm)
Provenance
Société Générale Douala, Brazzaville, Congo, circa 1951-1952
Phillips, New York, 10 June 2004, lot 155
Private Collection, New York
Sotheby's, New York, 8 December 2022, lot 484
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Phillips, New York, 10 June 2004, lot 155
Private Collection, New York
Sotheby's, New York, 8 December 2022, lot 484
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
For the model and variants:
Galerie Jousse-Seguin and Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Milan, 1998, pp. 113, 116, 117 (for a drawing of the model)
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé. Oeuvre complète/Complete works. Volume 3 : 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 170-173, no. 1145.4, 298-299, no. 1260.7, 302-303, no.1262.1 (for a discussion of the commission)
Jean Prouvé, The Poetics of the Technical Object, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2005, pp. 313, 323
Jean Prouvé, vol. 1, Galerie Patrick Seguin and Sonnabend Gallery, Paris, 2007, pp. 478-480
Jean Prouvé, vol. 2, Galerie Patrick Seguin and Sonnabend Gallery, Paris, 2007, p. 70
Jean Prouvé, vol. 1, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2017, pp. 392, 397
Galerie Jousse-Seguin and Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Milan, 1998, pp. 113, 116, 117 (for a drawing of the model)
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé. Oeuvre complète/Complete works. Volume 3 : 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 170-173, no. 1145.4, 298-299, no. 1260.7, 302-303, no.1262.1 (for a discussion of the commission)
Jean Prouvé, The Poetics of the Technical Object, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2005, pp. 313, 323
Jean Prouvé, vol. 1, Galerie Patrick Seguin and Sonnabend Gallery, Paris, 2007, pp. 478-480
Jean Prouvé, vol. 2, Galerie Patrick Seguin and Sonnabend Gallery, Paris, 2007, p. 70
Jean Prouvé, vol. 1, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2017, pp. 392, 397
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