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Temple of Style: The Barbara Jakobson Collection
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
'Tunisie' Bookcase, from Bedroom 27 of La Maison de la Tunisie, Cité Universitaire Internationale, Paris, 1952
Details
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
'Tunisie' Bookcase, from Bedroom 27 of La Maison de la Tunisie, Cité Universitaire Internationale, Paris, 1952
manufactured by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
pine, mahogany, painted steel, painted diamond-point embossed aluminum
63 x 140 x 20 ¾ in. (160 x 355.6 x 52.7 cm)
inscribed chambre 27 n 3 and gauche
'Tunisie' Bookcase, from Bedroom 27 of La Maison de la Tunisie, Cité Universitaire Internationale, Paris, 1952
manufactured by Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France
pine, mahogany, painted steel, painted diamond-point embossed aluminum
63 x 140 x 20 ¾ in. (160 x 355.6 x 52.7 cm)
inscribed chambre 27 n 3 and gauche
Provenance
La Maison de la Tunisie, Cité Universitaire Internationale, Paris, 1952
DeLorenzo 1950, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1990
DeLorenzo 1950, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1990
Literature
Galerie Jousse Seguin and Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, pp. 154-155, 178
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, l’oeuvre complète, 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, vol. 2, pp. 367, 369 (for a drawing), 371-381 (for a discussion of the commission)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, l’œuvre complète, 1956-1968, Paris, vol. 3, 2017, p. 510
Le monde nouveau de Charlotte Perriand, exh. cat., Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2019-24, pp. 266-267, 400, 411, no. 11
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, l’oeuvre complète, 1940-1955, Paris, 2015, vol. 2, pp. 367, 369 (for a drawing), 371-381 (for a discussion of the commission)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, l’œuvre complète, 1956-1968, Paris, vol. 3, 2017, p. 510
Le monde nouveau de Charlotte Perriand, exh. cat., Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2019-24, pp. 266-267, 400, 411, no. 11
Further Details
This model can be found in the permanent collection of the Vitra Design Museum, Weil-am-Rhein (inv. no. MFR-1021).
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Rachel Ng
Associate Specialist, Acting Head of Sale, Post-War to Present