No Detail is Small: Art & Design from The Tamotsu Yagi Collection
No Detail is Small: Art & Design from The Tamotsu Yagi Collection
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)
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