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Property of a Distinguished Private Collector
JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
Curved ‘Compas’ Desk, designed circa 1953
Details
JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984)
Curved ‘Compas’ Desk, designed circa 1953
produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, France
painted steel, aluminum, Formica-laminated wood
28 ¾ x 77 1/8 x 33 ½ in. (73 x 196 x 85 cm)
Curved ‘Compas’ Desk, designed circa 1953
produced by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, France
painted steel, aluminum, Formica-laminated wood
28 ¾ x 77 1/8 x 33 ½ in. (73 x 196 x 85 cm)
Provenance
Private Collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, January 2008
Acquired from the above by the present owner, January 2008
Literature
N. Prat, Jean Prouvé, exh. cat., Galeries Jousse Seguin-Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1998, pp. 100-102, 167, 186
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé. Œuvre complète/Complete works. Volume 3 : 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 264-267, 375
L. Bergerot and P. Seguin, eds., Jean Prouvé, vol. 2, Paris, 2007, pp. 331, 350-353 (for a discussion of the model), 510 (for the Steph Simon edition)
P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé. Œuvre complète/Complete works. Volume 3 : 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 264-267, 375
L. Bergerot and P. Seguin, eds., Jean Prouvé, vol. 2, Paris, 2007, pp. 331, 350-353 (for a discussion of the model), 510 (for the Steph Simon edition)
Brought to you by
Daphné Riou
SVP, Senior Specialist, Head of Americas