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Phillips April Design Auction

25 April '13

Phillips is proud to announce highlights from the upcoming April Design auction, featuring 267 lots with a combined pre-sale low estimate of £3.9m and a pre-sale high estimate of £5.6m.

François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) et la manufacture nationale de sèvres bar ‘Les Autruches’, 1966

20th Century Decorative Art & Design Auction at Christie's Paris

21 November 2012

Paris

On the evening of Wednesday November 21st 2012 Christies Paris will host an auction of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design. The sale brings together a large collection of midcentury french design, with collectible design market favourites: Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Diego Giacometti, Charlotte Perriand, and Jean Prouvé.

Jean Prouvé Maison Métropole Aluminium presented by Galerie Patrick Seguin

Design Miami/ Basel '12 Review

Basel

This year's Design Maimi/ Basel brought out the best in design galleries from around the world. One which stood out most to us at DeTnk was the presentation of Jean Prouvé's Métropole Aluminium presented by Galerie Patrick Seguin.

Cité Desk from l'Unité d'Habitation Air France, Brazzaville

Gueridon, Model No. 511

"Compas" Table, Model No. 512

'Anthony' Daybed by Jean Prouvé & Charlotte Perriand

Dealing Design: The Sean Berg Collection - Christie's Auction

17 November '10

South Kensington
London

On the 17th of November Christie's will be hosting an auction of The Sean Berg Collection. Among the 140 lots for sale, DeTnk recommends watching two lots from Jean Prouvé.

During late 2008 and early 2009 Prouvé's auction prices dropped slightly. However since then his works have been selling for 70-50% over the estimated value. With one piece on auction November 9th at Sotheby's and two in this sale at Christie's we will see if Prouvé's work can continue reaching such high values.

Jean Prouve - Row of three lecture hall chairs

Row of three lecture hall chairs with adjustable seats, from the University of Besançon, France

PROVENANCE Faculté de Lettres, Université de Besançon, Besançon, France

LITERATURE Galeries
Jousse Seguin and Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, p. 63;
Penelope Rowlands, Jean Prouvé, New York, 2002, pp. 50-51; Peter
Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre Complète, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005,
p. 252, fig. 1235.22,2

Very rare façade panel with porthole windows, from Bouqueval, France

ESTIMATE $80,000-$120,000

PROVENANCE School complex, Bouqueval, France; Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris

LITERATURE Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre Complète, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 104-105 for photographs and mention of the school; Galerie Patrick Seguin and Sonnabend Gallery, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 2007, pp. 545-547 and 552

Standard Desk, no. 21

Literature: Jean Prouvé Complete Works, Volume 2: 1934-1944, Sulzer, pg. 289 Jean Prouvé, Galerie Patrick Seguin and Sonnabend Gallery, ppg. 330, 334-335

Provenance: Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris | Delorenzo 1950, New York | Private collection

Jean Prouve, compas table, Dorotheum, design

A 'Compas' work table

A further “Compas” work table figures in the collection of the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein. The latter was exhibited in: Jean Prouvé. Die Poetik des technischen Objekts (touring exhibition).

Provenance: Klaus Engelhorn Collection, Vienna, since 1998.

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