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The Collection of Antonio Homem Sonnabend
JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
'Centrale' ('Trapèze') Table, Petit Modèle, circa 1956
Details
JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
'Centrale' ('Trapèze') Table, Petit Modèle, circa 1956
produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
painted folded sheet steel, Formica, plywood
28 ¼ x 87 5⁄8 x 28 ½ in. (71.7 x 222.6 x 72.4 cm)
'Centrale' ('Trapèze') Table, Petit Modèle, circa 1956
produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
painted folded sheet steel, Formica, plywood
28 ¼ x 87 5⁄8 x 28 ½ in. (71.7 x 222.6 x 72.4 cm)
Provenance
Cité Universitaire, Antony, France, circa 1956
Galerie Jousse-Seguin, Paris
Ileana Sonnabend, New York, circa 1990
By descent from the above to the late owner
Galerie Jousse-Seguin, Paris
Ileana Sonnabend, New York, circa 1990
By descent from the above to the late owner
Literature
Jean Prouvé/Serge Mouille : Two Master Metalworkers, exh. cat., DeLorenzo Gallery-Christine Counord/Alan, New York/Paris, 1985, pp. 36-37, 74-75
Jean Prouvé "constructeur" (1901-1984), exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1990, p. 184
Jean Prouvé, exh. cat., Galerie Jousse Seguin and Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1998, pp. 89-91, 151
L. Allégret and V. Vaudou, Jean Prouvé et Paris, exh. cat., Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris, 2001, p. 237, no. 61
Jean Prouvé: The Poetics of the Technical Object, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2005, p. 313
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé. Oeuvre Complète/Complete works. Volume 3 : 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 230-232, no. 1220.5
Jean Prouvé, Galerie Patrick-Seguin-Sonnabend Gallery, vol. 1, Paris/New York, 2007, pp. 57, 66-69, 76-77 (present lot illustrated)
Jean Prouvé, Galerie Patrick-Seguin-Sonnabend Gallery, vol. 2, Paris/New York, 2007, pp. 405, 424-427
A passion for Jean Prouvé: from furniture to architecture. The Laurence and Patrick Seguin collection, exh. cat., Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli-Galerie Patrick Seguin, Turin, 2013, pp. 146-150
Calder/Prouvé, exh. cat., Gagosian Gallery-Galerie Patrick Seguin, New York, 2013, pp. 123, 125, 126-127
Jean Prouvé, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2017, vol. 1, pp. 286-289, 322
Jean Prouvé, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2017, vol. 2, pp. 28-28, 233, 252, 257, 271, 272 (for other examples), 275, 276-277 (present lot illustrated)
Jean Prouvé: Constructive Imagination, Galerie Patrick Seguin-Tamatso Yagi Design-Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Paris, 2022, pp. 10, 59
Jean Prouvé "constructeur" (1901-1984), exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1990, p. 184
Jean Prouvé, exh. cat., Galerie Jousse Seguin and Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1998, pp. 89-91, 151
L. Allégret and V. Vaudou, Jean Prouvé et Paris, exh. cat., Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris, 2001, p. 237, no. 61
Jean Prouvé: The Poetics of the Technical Object, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2005, p. 313
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé. Oeuvre Complète/Complete works. Volume 3 : 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 230-232, no. 1220.5
Jean Prouvé, Galerie Patrick-Seguin-Sonnabend Gallery, vol. 1, Paris/New York, 2007, pp. 57, 66-69, 76-77 (present lot illustrated)
Jean Prouvé, Galerie Patrick-Seguin-Sonnabend Gallery, vol. 2, Paris/New York, 2007, pp. 405, 424-427
A passion for Jean Prouvé: from furniture to architecture. The Laurence and Patrick Seguin collection, exh. cat., Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli-Galerie Patrick Seguin, Turin, 2013, pp. 146-150
Calder/Prouvé, exh. cat., Gagosian Gallery-Galerie Patrick Seguin, New York, 2013, pp. 123, 125, 126-127
Jean Prouvé, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2017, vol. 1, pp. 286-289, 322
Jean Prouvé, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2017, vol. 2, pp. 28-28, 233, 252, 257, 271, 272 (for other examples), 275, 276-277 (present lot illustrated)
Jean Prouvé: Constructive Imagination, Galerie Patrick Seguin-Tamatso Yagi Design-Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Paris, 2022, pp. 10, 59
Exhibited
New York, Sonnabend Gallery, Jean Prouvé, curated by Galerie Patrick Seguin, March 2003
Further Details
Another example of this model is in the permanent collection of the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (inv. no. AM 2012-1-4).
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