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Property from the Collection of Kathy and Steven Guttman
JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
Set of Eight 'Métropole' Chairs, Model No. 305, variant with leatherette seat and backrest, designed circa 1953
Details
JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
Set of Eight 'Métropole' Chairs, Model No. 305, variant with leatherette seat and backrest, designed circa 1953
produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, France
terre cuite painted folded sheet and tube steel, leatherette upholstery, aluminum
31 ¼ x 16 ½ x 19 7⁄8 in. (79.5 x 42 x 50.5 cm) (each)
Set of Eight 'Métropole' Chairs, Model No. 305, variant with leatherette seat and backrest, designed circa 1953
produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, France
terre cuite painted folded sheet and tube steel, leatherette upholstery, aluminum
31 ¼ x 16 ½ x 19 7⁄8 in. (79.5 x 42 x 50.5 cm) (each)
Provenance
Galerie Downtown-François Laffanour, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2012
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2012
Literature
Jean Prouvé, exh. cat., Galerie Jousse Seguin and Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1998, p. 46
L. Allégret and V. Vaudou, Jean Prouvé et Paris, exh. cat., Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris, 2001, p. 266, fig. 18
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé. Oeuvre complète/Complete works. Volume 3 : 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, p. 210, no. 1207.4
A passion for Jean Prouvé. From furniture to architecture. The Laurence and Patrick Seguin collection, exh. cat., Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Turin-Paris, 2013, pp. 67, 271, 274-275
P. Seguin, Jean Prouvé. vol. 1, Paris, 2017, pp. 96-97, 99
P. Seguin, Jean Prouvé. vol. 2, Paris, 2017, pp. 276-277
Jean Prouvé: Constructive Imagination, exh. cat., Galerie Patrick Seguin-Tamatso Yagi Design-Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Paris, 2022, pp. 2, 15, 67, 75
L. Allégret and V. Vaudou, Jean Prouvé et Paris, exh. cat., Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris, 2001, p. 266, fig. 18
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé. Oeuvre complète/Complete works. Volume 3 : 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, p. 210, no. 1207.4
A passion for Jean Prouvé. From furniture to architecture. The Laurence and Patrick Seguin collection, exh. cat., Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Turin-Paris, 2013, pp. 67, 271, 274-275
P. Seguin, Jean Prouvé. vol. 1, Paris, 2017, pp. 96-97, 99
P. Seguin, Jean Prouvé. vol. 2, Paris, 2017, pp. 276-277
Jean Prouvé: Constructive Imagination, exh. cat., Galerie Patrick Seguin-Tamatso Yagi Design-Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Paris, 2022, pp. 2, 15, 67, 75
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