Jean PROUVE (1901-1984) - Lot 40

Jean PROUVE (1901-1984) Curved Compass desk, 1953, with curved top in oak slats covered with black laminate, set on four tapered legs in black-lacquered folded sheet steel with circular glides, welded to a tubular brace, fitted with four plastic drawers on the front. (Wear, scratches) H. 72 cm. - L.: 151 cm. - D. : 68.5 cm. Ateliers Jean Prouvé Bibliography : - Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé œuvre complète Volume 3: 1944-1954, Edition Birkhäusser, 2005, similar model reproduced p.266, p. 267. - Tamotsu Yagi, Jean Prouvé concepteur constructeur, Edition Pen, 2012, p. 99 - Jan Van Geest, Jean Prouvé, Edition Taschen, 1991, similar model reproduced p. 106. - Exhibition catalog, Jean Prouvé, Edition Galerie Jousse Seguin & Enrico Navarra, 1998, similar model reproduced p.101. - Raymond Guidot & Catherine Prouvé, Jean Prouvé Volume I, Edition Galerie Patrick Seguin, 2017, similar model reproduced p. 210. - Serge Mouille - Jean Prouvé exhibition catalog, Edition Alan & Christine Counord & Anthony De Lorenzo, 1985, similar model reproduced p. 64