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JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)
A Lacquered Steel and Oak Swivelling 'Jib' Wall Light, 1952
39 3/8 in. (100 cm.) high, 98½ in. (250 cm.) long
Provenance
Unité d'Habitation Air France, Brazzaville.

Lot Essay

P. Sulzer, ed., Jean Prouvé Complete Works Vol. 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 168-169, no. 1144.

Exhibition catalogue, Jean Prouvé Constructeur, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, 2001, p. 94, no. 97.

Galeries Jousse Seguin and Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 142-143.

J. van Geest, Jean Prouvé Furniture, Cologne, 1991, pp. 30-31 for a variant of this model with a shade.
The present model of the 'Jib' light in brown' was specifically designed for the forty apartments in the Unité d'Habitation Air France building in Brazzaville.

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