Important Design
Important Design
The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection
Charlotte Perriand
Four-Legged "Tokyo" Bench
Auction Closed
June 7, 06:14 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection
Charlotte Perriand
Four-Legged "Tokyo" Bench
circa 1956
oak, ash
10¼ x 106½ x 29 in. (26 x 270.5 x 73.7 cm)
Galerie Downtown, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Patrick Favardin, Les Décorateurs des Années 50, Paris, 2002, p. 136 (for the three-legged version of the model)
Mary-McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003 p. 145
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Un Art d'Habiter, 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, pp. 393 (for the production drawing of the five-legged model), 400, 403 and 405
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works Volume 2, 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, p. 442
Mary-McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003 p. 145
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Un Art d'Habiter, 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, pp. 393 (for the production drawing of the five-legged model), 400, 403 and 405
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works Volume 2, 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, p. 442
Charlotte Perriand originally designed the now iconic “Tokyo” bench for the house of her husband Jacques Martin in Tokyo. The model exemplifies the architect’s fascination with Japan, its material culture and traditions, which had a tremendous impact on her artistic vision following her first trip there in June 1940. The bench is an homage to the Japanese domestic lifestyle, with a low seat reminiscent of traditional furniture with close proximity to the ground. The present example is a particularly rare and longer version of the model with four legs.