Jean Prouvé for the BNP Paribas Collection

Published on 19 January 2023, by Claire Papon et Sophie Reyssat

Auction on 24 January 2023 - 14:00 (CET) - Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

For its first sale at Drouot, the auction house is drawing on the reserves of 14 Rue Bergère, in Paris, built between 1878 and 1881 by a pupil of French architect and author Viollet-le-Duc (most famous for his restoration of Notre-Dame of Paris) and occupied by BNP Paribas.

Jean Prouvé (1901-1984), BNP Paribas Collection, step ladder on wheels in gray-lacquered... Jean Prouvé for the BNP Paribas Collection

Jean Prouvé (1901-1984), BNP Paribas Collection, step ladder on wheels in gray-lacquered folded sheet steel, c. 1951, 195 x 70 x 120 cm/76.7 x 27.6 x 47.2 in.
Estimate: €100,000/150,000

At the bend in the Grands Boulevards, below Rue Rougemont, pedestrians cannot fail to see the façade of this building designed by Édouard-Jules Corroyer, illustrating the banks' involvement in industrial development during the late 19th century. It has three arcades surmounted by a large seated female…

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