Jean Prouvé - Light & Aerie: The Collection of Lee F. Mindel, FAIA New York Tuesday, December 13, 2016 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    DeLorenzo 1950, New York, 2005

  • Literature

    Galerie Jousse Seguin and Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 158-59
    Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre Complète/Complete Works, Volume 4: 1954-1984, Basel, 2005, mentioned p. 313

  • Artist Biography

    Jean Prouvé

    French • 1901 - 1984

    Jean Prouvé believed in design as a vehicle for improvement. His manufactory Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, located in Nancy, France, produced furniture for schools, factories and municipal projects, both within France and in locations as far flung as the Congo. Though he designed for the masses, pieces such as his "Potence" lamps and "Standard" chairs are among the most iconic fixtures in sophisticated, high-design interiors today. Collectors connect with his utilitarian, austere designs that strip materials down to the bare minimum without compromising on proportion or style.

    Prouvé grew up in Nancy, France, the son of Victor Prouvé, an artist and co-founder of the École de Nancy, and Marie Duhamel, a pianist. He apprenticed to master blacksmiths in Paris and opened a small wrought iron forge in Nancy. However it was sheet steel that ultimately captured Prouvé's imagination, and he ingeniously adapted it to furniture, lighting and even pre-fabricated houses, often collaborating with other design luminaries of the period, such as Robert Mallet-Stevens, Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand.

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Room divider/screen

circa 1959
Perforated steel, painted steel ("jaune citron" trim).
72 1/2 x 148 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (184.2 x 377.2 x 39.4 cm)
Manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France.

Estimate
$70,000 - 90,000 

Sold for $81,250

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Light & Aerie: The Collection of Lee F. Mindel, FAIA

New York Auction 13 December 2016