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PROPERTY FROM THE HALSEY MINOR COLLECTION Charlotte Perriand "Asymétrique” wall-mounted bookcase ca. 1958 Ash-veneered wood, painted bent aluminum. 48 x 126 x 13 in. (121.9 x 320 x 33 cm.) Manufactured by Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé for Galerie Steph Simon, France.
Provenance Jousse Entreprise, Paris; Steven Volpe Design, San Francisco, California Literature Charlotte Perriand Une Vie de Création, Paris, 1998, p. 60 for a similar example; Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand Un Art d'Habiter, Paris, 2005, pp. 403 and 420-425 for similar examples and p. 440 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