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Property from a Private Collection Jean Prouvé Rare "Potence" pivoting wall light, model no. 602, from the Air France office, Brazzaville, Congo circa 1952 Painted steel, oak, steel wire, rubber. 44 x 4 x 100 in. (111.8 x 10.2 x 254 cm)
Provenance Air France Office, Brazzaville, Congo Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1997 Literature Peter Sulzer Jean Prouvé Œuvre Complète/Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, p. 169, fig. 1144.4,1 Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé Volume 2, Paris, 2007, p. 460 for similar examples Laurence Bergerot and Patrick Seguin, eds., Jean Prouvé Volume 2, Galerie Patrick Seguin and Sonnabend Gallery Paris and New York, 2007, pp. 371, 375, 376 Artist Bio Jean Prouvé French • 1901 - 1984 Jean Prouvé believed in design as a vehicle for improvement. His manufactory Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé located in Nancy, France, produced furniture for schools, factories and municipal projects, both within France and in locations as far flung as the Congo. Though he designed for the masses, pieces such as his "Potence" lamps and "Standard" chairs are among the most iconic fixtures in sophisticated, high-design interiors today. Collectors connect with his utilitarian, austere designs that strip materials down to the bare minimum without compromising on proportion or style. Prouvé grew up in Nancy, France, the son of Victor Prouvé, an artist and co-founder of the École de Nancy, and Marie Duhamel, a pianist. He apprenticed to master blacksmiths in Paris and opened a small wrought iron forge in Nancy. However it was sheet steel that ultimately captured Prouvé's imagination, and he ingeniously adapted it to furniture, lighting and even pre-fabricated houses, often collaborating with other design luminaries of the period, such as Robert Mallet-Stevens Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand View More Works