A LACQUERED ALUMINUM AND OAK DEMOUNTABLE ARMOIRE, 1951
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JEAN PROUVE (1901-1984)
A Lacquered Aluminum and Oak Demountable Armoire, 1951
model no. 101, the interior fitted with five shelves of bent aluminum sheet
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.
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