CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)

TWO PADOUK DRYING RACKS, 1952

Details

CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
Two Padouk Drying Racks, 1952
made by André Chetaille
one rack: 33 1/8 in. (84 cm.) wide, 19¾ in. (50 cm.) deep; the other: 55 1/8 in. (140 cm.) wide, 29½ in. (75 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Unité d'Habitation Air France, Brazzaville, bathroom of one of the apartments.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie 54, Aménagements de l'Unité d'Habitation Air France Brazzaville par Charlotte Perriand et Jean Prouvé, November 2002-March 2003.

Lot Essay

cf. J. Barsac., ed., Charlotte Perriand - Un art d'habiter, Paris, 2005, p. 333 for an example of this model.

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