Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

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Property from the Collection of Marc Jacobs

Jean Prouvé

Pair of "Direction" Armchairs, Model No. 352

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Marc Jacobs

Jean Prouvé

Pair of "Direction" Armchairs, Model No. 352


circa 1951

produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France

enameled sheet and tubular aluminum, oak, leather upholstery

32 x 24 x 23 1/2 in. (81.2 x 60.9 x 59.6 cm) each

Peter Sulzer, Prouvé: Complete Works, Volume 3, Bale, 2005, p. 214, no. 1209
Galerie Patrick Seguin, ed., Jean Prouvé, Volume 2, Paris, 2007, pp. 299, 310 and 312
Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé, Œuvre complète, Volume 4: 1954-1984, Basel, 2008, p. 85