Jean Prouvé France, 1901-1984
Curved 'Compas' desk, ca. 1953
Painted steel, aluminum, Formica-laminated wood
73 x 196 x 85 cm
28 3/4 x 77 1/8 x 33 1/2 in
28 3/4 x 77 1/8 x 33 1/2 in
Manufactured by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Maxéville, France
Copyright Gokelaere & Robinson
Provenance
Private Collection, New YorkAcquired 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, 186P. 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)
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