JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984) - Bahut N. 152

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JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984) - Bahut N. 152
JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984) - ORIGINALLY FROM THE OFFICES OF THE JOURNAL RECHERCHE ET ARCHITECTURE IN THE CSTB BUILDING "N. 152; all-aluminum version" the model designed circa [1951-52], following the "BA 12" model originally designed circa [1944]. Two sliding door sideboard. The sides are made of pressed and lacquered aluminum sheet (type 1791 PR); the bottom is made of pressed and lacquered aluminum sheet (type 1011 PR). The upper and lower trays are made of aluminium sheet painted Brun van Dyck (type 1791 PR). The sliding doors in Lemon Yellow lacquered aluminum sheet (type 1011 PR). The base lacquered Brown van Dyck (type 1791 PR). The stiffeners, forming holds of the sliding doors, profiled and in oak. The interior complete with its shelves in sheet metal and its cleats inscribed in the lateral racks. Antique edition from the 1950s. H. 100,5 cm - W. 160 cm - D. 45 cm Condition of use, scratches and jumps to the lacquered parts, insolation of the colored lacquers (the yellow one in particular). Provenance : - Offices of the quarterly magazine Recherche et Architecture (founded and run by Marie-Thérèse Mathieu) in the headquarters of the CSTB (Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment) created in 1953 and located at 4 avenue du Recteur Poincaré, partly fitted out by Jean Prouvé in the 1950s. - Mr. X., Paris. Former collaborator of the magazine Recherche et Architecture. At the beginning of the 1980s, during the reorganization of the interior of the CSTB, pieces of furniture by Jean Prouvé, in place since the early 1950s, were given to the management of the magazine. It is in this context that Mr. X., a permanent collaborator of the magazine, was given the piece of furniture presented today. Bibliography : - Peter Sulzer - Jean Prouvé complete works, vol.3, 1944-1954 - Birkhäuser Editions, Basel, 2005. Variants reproduced on page 170 (plan ill. 1145.1.1 and photographs ill. 1145.1.5), page 171 (ill. 1145.3.2) and page 172 (ill. 1145.5; brochure from the Galerie Steph Simon, with description and choice of materials). - Jean Prouvé/Serge Mouille - Catalogue of the exhibition organized in May 1985 at the De Lorenzo Gallery in New York and in the fall of 1985 at the Alan and Christine Counord Gallery in Paris, Éditions De Lorenzo Galllery/Galerie Alan et Christine Counord, Pairs 1985. Variant reproduced on page 59. - Galerie Patrick Seguin Jean Prouvé, Volume 1 - Editions Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2017. An identical model reproduced on page 414; the model on a brochure distributed by Steph Simon reproduced on page 397. - Galerie Patrick Seguin Jean Prouvé, Volume 2 - Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2017. An identical model reproduced on pages 54-55.
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