JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984) AND CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)

A LACQUERED ALUMINUM, SHEET STEEL, PLYWOOD AND EXOTIC WOOD 'BRAZZA' HANGING CUPBOARD, 1952

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JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984) AND CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
A Lacquered Aluminum, Sheet Steel, Plywood and Exotic Wood 'Brazza' Hanging Cupboard, 1952
manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, wooden door handles and runners supplied by André Chetaille, shelves of local manufacture, frame painted in 'Brazza grey'
31½ in. (79.5 cm.) high, 68 1/8 in. (173 cm.) wide, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Unité d'Habitation Air France, Brazzaville.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie 54, Furnishings for the Air France Unité d'Habitation in Brazzaville by Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé, February - April 2003.

Sale room notice

Please note that this cabinet has been shown during the preview with the wrong doors. The buyer will be shipped at no charge the correct doors.

Lot Essay

cf. J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand - Un art d'habiter, Paris, 2005, pp. 324-333 for information on the Unité d'Habitation Air France.

M. McLeod, Charlotte Perriand - An Art of Living, New York, 2003, p. 223.

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