Jean Prouvé, France
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owners
'Jean Prouvé: Architecture', Gagosian Gallery, Paris, 20 October-23 December 2010
'A Passion for Jean Prouvé: From Furniture to Architecture: The Laurence and Patrick Seguin Collection', Pinacoteca Giovanni and Maria Agnelli, 6 April-8 September 2013
Two Master Metalworkers: Jean Prouvé, Serge Mouille, exh. cat., Antony DeLorenzo, New York, Alan and Christine Counord, Paris, 1985, p. 41
'Jean Prouvé, sedie tra il 1924 e il 1930', Domus, no. 397, September 1988, p. 87
Galeries Jousse Seguin and Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 130, 132-33, 179, 223
Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre complète / Complete Works, Volume 1: 1917-1933, Basel, 2000, pp. 206-11 for images, drawings and a technical drawing
'The least known modern master', Domus, no. 845, February 2002, pp. 91, 96-97
Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli and Galerie Patrick Seguin, A Passion for Jean Prouvé: From Furniture to Architecture: The Laurence and Patrick Seguin Collection, exh. cat., Paris, 2013, illustrated pp. 126-27
Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Volume 1, Paris, 2017, illustrated pp. 110-11
Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Volume 2, Paris, 2017, illustrated p. 253
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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