Property of a Distinguished Collector, California Charlotte Perriand 'Tunisie' bookcase, designed for the student rooms of La Maison de la Tunisie, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris 1952 Oak, pine, mahogany, painted diamond-point aluminium, painted metal. 158.1 x 353.1 x 51.4 cm (62 1/4 x 139 x 20 1/4 in.) Manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé Nancy, France.
Provenance La Maison de la Tunisie, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris DeLorenzo 1950, New York Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago, 1997 Private collection, US, 2003 Phillips, New York, 'Design', 11 June, 2014, lot 37 Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature Alexander von Vegesack, et al., eds., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, pp. 186-87 Yvonne Brunhammer, Le Mobilier Français 1930-1960, Paris, 1997, p. 127 Mary McLeod ed., Charlotte Perriand An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 143, 229 Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand Un art d’habiter 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, p. 361 for a prototype, p. 363 for technical drawings, pp. 364-65 for renderings, pp. 383, 500 Jacques Barsac, Complete works volume 2, 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, pp. 367, 376-81 for technical drawings and images Artist Bio Charlotte Perriand French • 1903 - 1999 Trailblazer Charlotte Perriand burst onto the French design scene in her early 20s, seemingly undeterred by obstacles in an era when even the progressive Bauhaus school of design barred women from architecture and furniture design courses. She studied under Maurice Dufrêne at the École de l'Union Centrale des art Décoratifs, entering into a competition at the 1925 Expo des Arts Décoratifs by age 22 and gaining critical acclaim for her exhibition at the Salon d'Automne in 1927. On the heels of this success, that same year she joined the Paris design studio of Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret For ten years the three collaborated on "equipment for living," such as the iconic tubular steel B306 Chaise Longue (1928). After World War II, Perriand joined forces with Jean Prouvé to create modernist furniture that combined the precise lines of Prouvé's bent steel with the soft, round edges and warmth of natural wood. View More Works
Property of a Distinguished Collector, California Charlotte Perriand 'Tunisie' bookcase, designed for the student rooms of La Maison de la Tunisie, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris 1952 Oak, pine, mahogany, painted diamond-point aluminium, painted metal. 158.1 x 353.1 x 51.4 cm (62 1/4 x 139 x 20 1/4 in.) Manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé Nancy, France.
Provenance La Maison de la Tunisie, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris DeLorenzo 1950, New York Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago, 1997 Private collection, US, 2003 Phillips, New York, 'Design', 11 June, 2014, lot 37 Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature Alexander von Vegesack, et al., eds., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, pp. 186-87 Yvonne Brunhammer, Le Mobilier Français 1930-1960, Paris, 1997, p. 127 Mary McLeod ed., Charlotte Perriand An Art of Living, New York, 2003, pp. 143, 229 Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand Un art d’habiter 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, p. 361 for a prototype, p. 363 for technical drawings, pp. 364-65 for renderings, pp. 383, 500 Jacques Barsac, Complete works volume 2, 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, pp. 367, 376-81 for technical drawings and images Artist Bio Charlotte Perriand French • 1903 - 1999 Trailblazer Charlotte Perriand burst onto the French design scene in her early 20s, seemingly undeterred by obstacles in an era when even the progressive Bauhaus school of design barred women from architecture and furniture design courses. She studied under Maurice Dufrêne at the École de l'Union Centrale des art Décoratifs, entering into a competition at the 1925 Expo des Arts Décoratifs by age 22 and gaining critical acclaim for her exhibition at the Salon d'Automne in 1927. On the heels of this success, that same year she joined the Paris design studio of Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret For ten years the three collaborated on "equipment for living," such as the iconic tubular steel B306 Chaise Longue (1928). After World War II, Perriand joined forces with Jean Prouvé to create modernist furniture that combined the precise lines of Prouvé's bent steel with the soft, round edges and warmth of natural wood. View More Works
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