Important Design Session 2 
11 December 2007
Charlotte Perriand, Tokyo bench - Image 1 of 3
Charlotte Perriand, Tokyo bench - Image 2 of 3
Charlotte Perriand, Tokyo bench - Image 3 of 3
Important Design Session 2 
Charlotte Perriand, Tokyo bench - Image 1 of 3
Charlotte Perriand, Tokyo bench - Image 2 of 3
Charlotte Perriand, Tokyo bench - Image 3 of 3
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Charlotte Perriand

Tokyo bench

Galerie Steph Simon
France, 1954 / 1958
ash, upholstery 24 h × 88½ w × 29½ d in (61 × 225 × 75 cm)
estimate: $30,000–40,000
result: $36,000
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Designed in 1954, the Tokyo bench first appeared in 1955 in Perriand's exhibition Synthesis of the Arts in Tokyo. Perriand organized the exhibit to showcase European artists and designers; the show featured her own designs alongside works by Le Corbusier and Fernand Léger among others. Sold with a copy of the original receipt from Galerie Steph Simon dated January 6, 1958.
provenance: Monsieur Devaud, Paris
literature: Charlotte Perriand: Un Art d'Habiter, Barsac, ppg. 405, 430 Steph Simon Retrospective 1956-1974, Laffanour, ppg. 76-77

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