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Lot Essay
cf. P. Sulzer, ed., Jean Prouvé Complete Works Vol. 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, p. 171, no. 1145.2 and 1145.3 for variants of this model.
Exhibition catalogue, Jean Prouvé Constructeur 1901-1984, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, Nancy, 2001, pp. 114 and 121 for variants of this model.
Exhibition catalogue, Jean Prouvé Constructeur, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1990, p. 182 for a sketch of a variant of this model.
Exhibition catalogue, Jean Prouvé Mobilier, 1924-1953, Paris, Galerie Touchaleaume and Galerie Down-Town, 1987, p. 27 for a variant in aluminum.
This particularly rare version of Prouvé's iconic sideboard has an aluminum bottom, sides and doors and it is believes that only ten examples of this variation were produced. The sideboard was commissioned for the Société Générale du Congo in Brazzaville, a noteworthy modern building designed by the architect Henri Chomette in 1949. Other iterations of this piece were made entirely of painted aluminum or painted aluminum with a plywood bottom or, most commonly, painted steel and oak with doors in oak plywood or plain aluminum.
Exhibition catalogue, Jean Prouvé Constructeur 1901-1984, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, Nancy, 2001, pp. 114 and 121 for variants of this model.
Exhibition catalogue, Jean Prouvé Constructeur, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1990, p. 182 for a sketch of a variant of this model.
Exhibition catalogue, Jean Prouvé Mobilier, 1924-1953, Paris, Galerie Touchaleaume and Galerie Down-Town, 1987, p. 27 for a variant in aluminum.
This particularly rare version of Prouvé's iconic sideboard has an aluminum bottom, sides and doors and it is believes that only ten examples of this variation were produced. The sideboard was commissioned for the Société Générale du Congo in Brazzaville, a noteworthy modern building designed by the architect Henri Chomette in 1949. Other iterations of this piece were made entirely of painted aluminum or painted aluminum with a plywood bottom or, most commonly, painted steel and oak with doors in oak plywood or plain aluminum.