JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)

A LACQUERED ALUMINUM AND FOLDED SHEET STEEL FOUR-PANEL ROOM DIVIDER, 1952

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JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)
A Lacquered Aluminum and Folded Sheet Steel Four-Panel Room Divider, 1952
manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, mounted on modern display frame
each panel: 83 1/8 in. (211 cm.) high, 35 3/8 in. (90 cm.)
door handles marked Bricard

Provenance

Large apartments, Unité d'Habitation Air France, Brazzaville.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie 54, Aménagements de l'Unité d'Habitation Air France de Brazzaville par Charlotte Perriand et Jean Prouvé, November 2002 - March 2003.

Lot Essay

cf. P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé Oeuvre Complète/Complete Works Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basle, 2005, p. 302, no. 1262.2 mentions louvred partitions designed for the Unité d'Habitation Air France, Brazzaville.
Letter from Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé to Charlotte Perriand, dated 18 September 1951, including a handwritten note from Jean Prouvé discussing the finish of the doors.
Letter from Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé to Steph Simon, dated 13 December 1951, stating 'the louvered doors are in the technical drawing phrase'.

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