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Jean Prouvé monographs, eight
Jean Prouvé monographs, eight
bound printed paper
estimate: $800–1,200
result: $1,651
provenance: Collection of James Zemaitis
This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Complete Lot Details
Jean Prouvé Constructeur, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Delft University Press, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1918. 148 pages, Softcover. First edition with Dutch and French text.
Jean Prouvé Serge Mouille: Two Master Metal Workers Anthony DeLorenzo, Alan and Christine Counord, Paris and New York, 1985. 170 pages, Softcover. First Edition with French and English text. The first commercial gallery catalogue, highly influential on the market.—JZ Minor wear to the spine.
Jean Prouvé: Three Nomadic Structures Robert Rubin, Columbia Books of Architecture, 2002. 40 pages, Softcover. First edition
Equipement Interieur: A Private Collection, Sotheby’s, New York, 12/18/2004. The collection of Robert Rubin; with extremely rare presentation case designed by Rubin for friends and family (less than ten total copies were produced). A landmark auction, certainly one of the most important of my career, in which, in addition to masterworks by Prouvé and Perriand, the Chandigarh commissions of Le Corbusier and Jeanneret received extensive coverage and detailed cataloguing, the first of its kind.—JZ
Jean Prouvé, Galerie Patrick Seguin Paris and Sonnabend Gallery New York, 2007. 612 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket. First edition with French and English. Two volumes, hardcover with slipcase. The definitive catalogue of Prouvé’s furniture.
Jean Prouvé Structures Nomades 1957 Eric Touchaleaume, Galerie 54, Paris, France, 2010. Hardcover. First edition with French and English text.
Jean Prouvé Concepteur-Constructeur, Japan, 2012. 208 pages, Hardcover. First edition with Japanese and English. Designed by Tamotsu Yagi.
No Detail is Small: Art and Design from the Tamotsu Yagi Collection, Sotheby’s New York, 06/05/2024. Contains the majority of Yagi’s important collection of Prouvé and Perriand, first assembled in the 1990s.—JZ
Curated: The Library and Design
Collection of James Zemaitis
At the intersection of scholarship and connoisseurship lies Curated: The Design and Library of James Zemaitis—an offering that reflects a career spent exploring, documenting, and shaping the discourse around modern and contemporary design. This carefully assembled selection includes both a compelling group of design works and a rich library of publications that have guided and inspired James Zemaitis throughout his decades in the field.
As Director of Museum Relations at R & Company since 2016, James has played a central role in developing exhibitions and fostering institutional partnerships. His recent curatorial projects, including Born Too Tall: California Women Designers, Postwar to Postmodern, demonstrate a thoughtful and inclusive approach to design history. Prior to his time at R & Company, James held leadership positions at Sotheby’s and Phillips, producing over fifty design sales and helping shape the trajectory of the postwar and contemporary design market.
This collection reflects James’s deep engagement with the material and intellectual history of design. The included library—rich with foundational texts, rare catalogues, and scholarly references—provides a rare window into the ideas and research that have underpinned his work as a curator, advisor, and educator.
This auction brings together design and scholarship in a way that reflects a lifetime of passion and purpose. We are honored to invite collectors, curators, and enthusiasts alike to discover a collection shaped by insight, research, and enduring care.