A LACQUERED STEEL SWIVELLING 'JIB' WALL LIGHT, 1950S

Details

JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)
A Lacquered Steel Swivelling 'Jib' Wall Light, 1950s
99¼ in. (252 cm.) long

Provenance

Unité d'Habitation Air France, Dakar.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie 54, Jean Prouvé - Mobilier Afrique, September - November 2002.

Lot Essay

cf. P. Sulzer, ed., Jean Prouvé Complete Works Vol. 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 168-169.

This large model of the 'Jib' light, originally located in the biggest apartment of the Unité d'Habitation Air France in Dakar, was the only 'Jib' light in this size found at this site.

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