JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)

A STEEL AND OAK 'FLAVIGNY' BED, 1956

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JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)
A Steel and Oak 'Flavigny' Bed, 1956
23¼ in. (59 cm.) high, 80½ in. (204.5 cm.) wide, 31½ in. (80 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, pp. 166-167, no. 1142.

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 in Flavigny.

J. van Geest, Jean Prouvé Furniture, Cologne, 1991, p. 31 for an example of this model.

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