Estimated value: 3000-5000 US$
Auction:
20-21st Century Design Art
Sales date: 2002-05-22
Location:
New York
Lot number: 57
Design
Jean Prouvé
Manufacturer
Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé
Architonic id
4104568
Manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé for the Martel de Janville Sanatorium in Plateau d'Assy (Haute Savoy), France lacquered steel 355/8 x 521/4 x 783/4 in. (90.5 x 132.7 x 200 cm)
Literature:
Emmanuel Bréon and Michelle Lefrançois, Le Musée des Années 30, Paris, 1998, p. 111 Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre complète, Vol. 2, Basel, 2000, pp. 24 and 155 (for a detail illustration of the model, the plans and a discussion of the commission) Jean Prouvé, 1901-1984: Constructeur, exh. cat., Paris, 2001, p. 62, pl. 46 Jean Prouvé et Paris, Paris, 2001, p. 77 (for a discussion of the sanatorium commission)