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Ateliers Jean Prouvé
France, 1935
enameled steel, birch plywood 29¼ h × 15¾ w × 19 d in (74 × 40 × 48 cm)
France, 1935
enameled steel, birch plywood 29¼ h × 15¾ w × 19 d in (74 × 40 × 48 cm)
estimate: $30,000–40,000
result: $38,750
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This early design is the fourth variation of Prouvé's one-piece frame chair, with fin-shaped rear legs that developed into his iconic Standard series. This version from 1935 has a thin plywood seat that is deeply contoured and attached with clips in the rear and a pair of capped screws at the front.
provenance: Galerie Downtown, Paris | Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd
literature: Jean Prouvé Complete Works, Volume 2: 1934-1944, Sulzer, ppg. 20-21, 39, 82-83 Jean Prouvé, Galerie Patrick Seguin and Sonnabend Gallery, ppg. 234
