JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)

A LACQUERED ALUMINUM LOUVER PANEL, 1952

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JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)
A Lacquered Aluminum Louver Panel, 1952
manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, framed in folded aluminum sheet
59 7/8 in. (152 cm.) high, 61 3/8 in. (156 cm.) wide

Provenance

Ground floor studios, Unité d'Habitation Air France, Brazzaville.
With Galerie 54, Paris.

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, vol. 3, 1944-1954, Basle, 2005, p. 299, no. 1260.7,3.

Exhibition catalogue, Jean Prouvé constructeur, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, 1990, p. 169 showing a variation of this louver for one of the tropical houses.

Exhibition catalogue, Jean Prouvé constructeur 1901-1984, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, Paris, 2001, p. 131 showing a variant.

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