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CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
Rare 'En Forme' Desk, circa 1949
ash, ash-veneered beech, aluminium, steel
28 1/4 x 86 1/2 x 39 3/4 in. (71.8 x 219.7 x 101 cm.)
Provenance
Galerie Steph Simon, Paris
Private Collection, France, acquired late 1950s
Thence by descent
Sotheby’s, London, 19 October 2000, lot 201
Hotz Collection, London
Christie's, Paris, 19 May 2015, lot 51
Private Collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Musée d’Arts Décoratifs, Les Années UAM 1929-1958, exh. cat., Musée d’Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1988, p. 233 (for a period photograph)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand un art d'habiter, Paris, 2005, pp. 275 (for a L’Equipement de la Maison prospectus), 400 (for a related example)
Charlotte Perriand, exh. cat., Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2006, n.p.
M. McLeod, Charlotte Perriand An art of living, Paris, 2008, pp. 136 (for an L’Equipement de la Maison prospectus), 179
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand et le Japon, Paris, 2008, p. 189
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand L'oeuvre complète 1940-1955, volume 2, Paris, 2015, pp. 171 (for a L'Equipement de la Maison prospectus), 173, 250-251, 310-311 (for a provisional catalog), 456 (for a sketch), 457 (for a related example), 475 (for a related example)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand L'oeuvre complète 1956-1968, volume 3, Paris, 2017, p. 97 (for a related example)
S. Cherruet, Charlotte Perriand Inventing a New World, exh. cat., Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2019, pp. 259, 319 (for a related example), 333 (for a related example)
F. Laffanour, Living with Charlotte Perriand The Art of Living, Paris, 2019, pp. 202-207, 214-216, 217 (illustrates present lot)