Important Design
Important Design
Property from a Private European Collection
Charlotte Perriand
Unique Bookcase from Maison du Mexique
Auction Closed
June 6, 04:43 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Charlotte Perriand
Unique Bookcase from Maison du Mexique
circa 1953
the metal elements produced by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
pine, mahogany, enameled steel, aluminum
63 ½ x 72 ½ x 12 ½ in. (161 x 184 x 32 cm)
Maison du Mexique, Cité Internationale Universitaire, Paris
Private Collection
Galerie Downtown, Paris
The Gallery Mourmans, Maastricht
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Mary McLeod, Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 230-231
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Un art d'habiter, Paris, 2005, pp. 348, 368-375 and 377-379
Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, p. 260
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, Complete Works Volume 2, 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, pp. 366-367 and 388-395
Sébastian Cherruet and Jacques Barsac, eds, Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World, exh. cat., Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2019, pp. 268-269
Galerie Downtown – François Laffanour, Living with Charlotte Perriand, Paris, 2019, pp. 11-12, 248-249, and 347 (for the present lot illustrated)
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