Sale 1928
New York
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5 June 2007
Price realised
USD 2,160
Estimate
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.
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Exhibited
Paris, Galerie 54, Aménagements de l'Unité d'Habitation Air France Brazzaville par Charlotte Perriand et Jean Prouvé, November 2002-March 2003.
cf. J. Barsac., ed., Charlotte Perriand - Un art d'habiter, Paris, 2005, p. 333 for an example of this model.
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