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

A PAINTED ALUMINUM, TROPICAL WOOD, PLYWOOD AND STEEL 'BRAZZA' STORAGE UNITS, 1952

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JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984) AND CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
A Painted Aluminum, Tropical Wood, Plywood and Steel 'Brazza' Storage Units, 1952
manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, door handles and runners in the frame supplied by André Chetaille, shelves of local manufacture; doors painted in 'Brazza blue'
118 5/8 in. (301.5 cm.) high, 93 3/8 in. (237 cm.) wide, 20 5/8 in. (52.5 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. J. Barzac, Charlotte Perriand - Un art d'habiter, Paris, 2005, pp. 324-331.

M. McLeod, Charlotte Perriand - An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 139-142.

L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 40., 1952 for an advertisement of Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé announcing the 'Brazza' cupboards, developed in collaboration with Charlotte Perriand.

Charlotte Perriand Archives, Paris, plan for standard model, no. 50 138.

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