Jean Prouvé Rare 'Potence' pivoting wall light, designed for the Bouqueval School 1949 Painted metal, painted tubular metal, wire. 296.5 x 60 x 10 cm (116 3/4 x 23 5/8 x 3 7/8 in) Manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé France. From the production of two.
Provenance Bouqueval School, Bouqueval, France, 1949 Literature Galeries Jousse Seguin and Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé Paris, 1998, pp. 142-43, 200, 203, 205 for similar examples Peter Sulzer Jean Prouvé Œuvre Complète / Complete Works, Volume 2: 1934-1944, Basel, 2000, p. 294, fig. 914, p. 299, fig. 928,7 for technical drawings of similar examples Peter Sulzer Jean Prouvé Œuvre Complète / Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 168-69 for similar examples Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., 1000 Lights, Vol. 1: 1879 to 1959, Cologne, 2005, p. 382, p. 383 for technical drawing of a similar example Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé Volume 2, Paris, 2007, illustrated pp. 371, 377 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
Jean Prouvé Rare 'Potence' pivoting wall light, designed for the Bouqueval School 1949 Painted metal, painted tubular metal, wire. 296.5 x 60 x 10 cm (116 3/4 x 23 5/8 x 3 7/8 in) Manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé France. From the production of two.
Provenance Bouqueval School, Bouqueval, France, 1949 Literature Galeries Jousse Seguin and Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé Paris, 1998, pp. 142-43, 200, 203, 205 for similar examples Peter Sulzer Jean Prouvé Œuvre Complète / Complete Works, Volume 2: 1934-1944, Basel, 2000, p. 294, fig. 914, p. 299, fig. 928,7 for technical drawings of similar examples Peter Sulzer Jean Prouvé Œuvre Complète / Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 168-69 for similar examples Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., 1000 Lights, Vol. 1: 1879 to 1959, Cologne, 2005, p. 382, p. 383 for technical drawing of a similar example Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé Volume 2, Paris, 2007, illustrated pp. 371, 377 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
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