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Lot Essay
cf. P. Sulzer, ed., Jean Prouvé Complete Works Vol. 1: 1917-1933, Basel, 1999, pp. 199-201 for information on Prouvé's commission for the Musée de Zoologie, no. 255.4 for a photograph of other display cases.
C. Coley, Jean Prouvé en Lorraine, Nancy, 1990, p. 46 for information about Prouvé's work for the Musée de Zoologie.
A. Laprade, 'L'oeuvre de J. et M. André à Nancy', Architecture, 1937, pp. 157-166 for information about the museum.
'Le Musée de Zoologie', Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, no. 10, December-January 1935 for information about the museum.
'Le Musée de Zoologie', La Construction Moderne, no. 7, 1934 for information about the museum.
Prouvé was commissioned by the architects Emile and Jacques André to design the entrance doors, staircase rails, a window and exhibition display cases for the Musée de Zoologie in Nancy. All three models of the cases he executed for the museum feature an innovative tube-shaped hinge which runs along the entire length of the case.
C. Coley, Jean Prouvé en Lorraine, Nancy, 1990, p. 46 for information about Prouvé's work for the Musée de Zoologie.
A. Laprade, 'L'oeuvre de J. et M. André à Nancy', Architecture, 1937, pp. 157-166 for information about the museum.
'Le Musée de Zoologie', Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, no. 10, December-January 1935 for information about the museum.
'Le Musée de Zoologie', La Construction Moderne, no. 7, 1934 for information about the museum.
Prouvé was commissioned by the architects Emile and Jacques André to design the entrance doors, staircase rails, a window and exhibition display cases for the Musée de Zoologie in Nancy. All three models of the cases he executed for the museum feature an innovative tube-shaped hinge which runs along the entire length of the case.