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Charlotte Perriand

An Important and Unique Bookcase for Galerie Steph Simon

Auction Closed

June 5, 10:36 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Charlotte Perriand

An Important and Unique Bookcase for Galerie Steph Simon

circa 1956-1960

ash, lacquered metal

the metal elements produced by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France

105 x 137 ⅛ x 13 ¼ in. (266.7 x 348.3 x 33.7 cm)

Galerie Steph Simon, Paris

Galerie Cremniter-Laffanour, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1993

Tamotsu Yagi, The Graphic Eye of Tamotsu Yagi, Tokyo, 2011, pp. 26 and 188 (for the present lot illustrated)

Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand Complete Works Volume 3, 1956-68, Paris, 2017, pp. 42-47, 58-61 (for related bookcases produced for Steph Simon Gallery), and 110 (for information related to special orders for Steph Simon Gallery)

Galerie Downtown – François Laffanour, Living with Charlotte Perriand, Paris, 2019, pp. 34 (for a related model), 252-253 (for a related model), 260-261 and 354 (for the present lot illustrated)

Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé: A Collection of Tamotsu Yagi, Venice, California, 2022, p. 10 (for the present lot illustrated)