Sold for:
$17,500
$17,500
Ateliers Jean Prouvé France, 1953 enameled steel, stained oak 59 w x 20¾ d x 28½ h in (150 x 53 x 72 cm)
This large, demountable variant of the Cité desk was created for the Maritime Exchange, Paris.
Forty-four examples of this form were made for this interior. provenance: Maritime Exchange, Paris | Private collection | Wright, Important Design , 18 May 2008, lot 263 literature: Jean Prouvé Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954 , Sulzer, ppg. 68, 232-233 Jean Prouvé , Galerie Patrick Seguin and Sonnabend Gallery, ppg. 404, 410-413
result: $17,500
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Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2011-06-28
