JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)

A STEEL AND OAK PAINTED 'FLAVIGNY' DOUBLE BED, 1952

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JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)
A Steel and Oak Painted 'Flavigny' Double Bed, 1952
23¼ in. (59 cm.) high, 78¾ in. (200 cm.) wide, 63 in. (160 cm.) deep

Provenance

Unité d'Habitation Air France, Brazzaville.

Exhibited

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

Lot Essay

cf. P. Sulzer, ed., Jean Prouvé Complete Works Vol. 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, p. 167, no. 1142 for a variant on this design.

P. Sulzer, ed., Jean Prouvé Complete Works Vol. 2: 1934-1944, Basel, 2000, pp. 296-297, no. 922 for an earlier variant designed for the observation sanatorium at Flavigny.

J. van Geest, Jean Prouvé Furniture, Cologne, 1991, p. 31 for a related single bed version of this model.

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