Jean PROUVÉ (1901-1984) - Lot 27

Jean PROUVÉ (1901-1984) Chair model n°305 dite Métropole, circa 1952, with oak plywood seat and backrest on a black-lacquered folded sheet-steel frame with two profiled legs at the back and two tubular legs at the front, glide-received. H. 78.5 cm. - L.: 42 cm. D. : 45.5 cm. (Wear, paint chips, repaints, stains) Jean Prouvé workshops Bibliography : - Jean Prouvé concepteur constructeur, Edition Pen Magazine, 2012, similar model reproduced on p. 88, p. 172. - Patrick Seguin, Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh India 1951-66, Edition Galerie Seguin, 2014, similar model reproduced p. 235. - Exhibition catalog, Jean Prouvé, Edition Galerie Jousse Seguin & Enrico Navarra, 1998, similar model reproduced p. 41. - Patrick Favardin, Les années 50 - Les carnets du chineur, Edition Du Chêne, 1999, similar model reproduced on p. 57. - Exhibition catalog, Steph Simon Rétrospective 1956-1974, Edition Galerie Downtown, 2006, similar model reproduced on p. 51. - Laurence Rodighiero, Intérieurs de Chalets et de Maisons de Campagne, Edition Charles massin, 1968, similar model reproduced on p. 34. - Tamotsu Yagi, Jean Prouve constructive imagination, Edition Millegraph, 2022, similar model reproduced on p. 74.