JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984) - Lot 34

JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984) Rare Visiteur n°350 armchair, circa 1952, with sloping oak plywood backrest and folded, partially Grenat Royan-lacquered aluminum sheet seat assembled on oak side members with a drawn-wire spacer rod secured by pan screws at the top and by tie rods and rubber washers at the bottom, fitted with wide armrests. It rests on a double bent-tube steel base with turned wooden ball landing. H. 93 cm. - L. : 69 cm. - D. : 86 cm. (Scratches, slight paint chips, wear, cracks, rubbing, some oxidation). Ateliers Jean Prouvé Note: - Our armchair is a variant of the 1948 Visiteur Métropole FV12, in particular with improved comfort thanks to a softer aluminum seat profile. Provenance : - Collection of Mr. B, 2nd level designer at Ateliers Jean Prouvé from March 1, 1953, Nancy. - Then by descent. Bibliography : - Alexander Von Vegesack, Jean Prouvé The poetics of the technical object, Edition Vitra Design Museum, 2005, similar model reproduced on p. 323. - Galerie Laffanour, Living with Charlotte Perriand, Edition Skira, 2019, similar model reproduced on p. 81. - Vincent Beratud du Chazaud & Manuel Bougot, Jean Prouvé/ cinq maisons sur mesure, Editions Le Moniteur, 2020, n.p. - Serge Mouille - Jean Prouvé exhibition catalog, Edition Alan & Christine Counord & Anthony De Lorenzo, 1985, similar model reproduced on p. 57. - Jan Van Geest, Jean Prouvé, Edition Taschen, 1991, similar model reproduced p.72. - The Laurence and Patrick Seguin collection, Edition Pinoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, 2013, similar model reproduced p. 112. - Exhibition catalog, Jean Prouvé, Edition Galerie Jousse Seguin & Enrico Navarra, 1998, similar model reproduced on p. 54. - Exhibition catalog, Charlotte Perriand - Jean Prouvé - Pierre Jeanneret maîtres de la modernité, Edition Galerie Downtown, 2016, similar model reproduced p.71 - Exhibition catalog, Steph Simon Rétrospective 1956-1974, Edition Galerie Downtown, 2006, similar model reproduced p.45. - Raymond Guidot & Catherine Prouvé, Jean Prouvé Volume I, Edition Galerie Patrick Seguin, 2017, similar model reproduced p. 119. - Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé œuvre complète Volume 3 : 1944-1954, Edition Birkhäusser, 2005, similar model reproduced and referenced p. 158 and 159 under number 1135.4. - Jean Prouvé concepteur constructeur, Edition Pen Magazine, 2012, similar model reproduced on p. 33. Expert: Mr. Romain COULET Member of the S.F.E.P. Cabinet d'expertise COULET