PROUVÉ x BASQUIAT: Art and Design from the Collection of Peter M. Brant and Stephanie Seymour
PROUVÉ x BASQUIAT: Art and Design from the Collection of Peter M. Brant and Stephanie Seymour
Jean Prouvé
"Cafétéria" Table
Auction Closed
December 8, 05:46 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Jean Prouvé
"Cafétéria" Table
circa 1951
model no. 512
produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
enameled steel, red leather, aluminum, particle board
29¼ x 78⅝ x 31½ in. (74.2 x 199.6 x 80 cm)
Galerie Downtown, Paris, 2009
Jean Prouvé, exh. cat., Galeries Jousse Seguin and Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1998, pp. 74-75
Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre complète / Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, p. 269
Catherine Dumont d'Ayot and Bruno Reichlin, eds., Jean Prouvé: The Poetics of the Technical Object, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2007, p. 312
Galerie Patrick Seguin and Sonnabend Gallery, ed., Jean Prouvé, Vol. I, Paris, 2007, pp. 430-433
Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre complète / Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, p. 269
Catherine Dumont d'Ayot and Bruno Reichlin, eds., Jean Prouvé: The Poetics of the Technical Object, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2007, p. 312
Galerie Patrick Seguin and Sonnabend Gallery, ed., Jean Prouvé, Vol. I, Paris, 2007, pp. 430-433
The present example stands out from other "Cafétéria" tables by its extended length, making it a functional piece that can serve either as a dining table or as a desk.