JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)

A LACQUERED ALUMINUM AND OAK DEMOUNTABLE ARMOIRE, 1951

Details

JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)
A Lacquered Aluminum and Oak Demountable Armoire, 1951
model no. 101, the interior fitted with three bent aluminum shelves on one side, the other side as a hanging space
63 in. (160 cm.) high, 63 in. (160 cm.) wide, 20 7/8 in. (53 cm.) deep

Provenance

ORSTOM, Adiopodoumé, near Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

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, p. 174, no. 1146.3.

In 1951 ORSTOM (Office of Scientific and Technical Research in Overseas Territories), which had a base in most of France's African colonies, placed a sizeable order with Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé to equip several of its overseas locations as well as its main office in Bondy, a suburb of Paris. The present lot, the table in the following lot and the armoire in lot 310 come from the ORSTOM commission.

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