CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)

A PAINTED STEEL, ALUMINUM, AND OAK STORAGE UNIT, 1952

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CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
A Painted Steel, Aluminum, and Oak Storage Unit, 1952
manufactured by Les Atelier Jean Prouvé, Maxéville; with aluminum sliding trays
29 1/8 in. (74 cm.) high, 14½ in. (37 cm.) wide, 19 5/8 in. (50 cm.) deep

Provenance

Large apartment, 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. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand - Un art d'habiter, Paris, 2005, pp. 330-331 for another example of this model.

M. McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand An Art of Living, New York, 2003, p. 223 for another example of this model.

The present storage unit was created for the apartments at the Unité d'Habitation Air France. Designed to be used inside the 'Brazza' closets, the unit could be mounted with shoe racks. There are only approximately ten of these units known to exist.

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