Jean PROUVE (1901 -1984) Chair model Metropole... Lot 129

Jean PROUVE (1901 -1984) Chair model Metropole 306 called "Standard" - Circa 1953 Legs in folded steel sheet and black lacquered, seat and back covered with red skai Has a CNSS inventory number n°4920. Height : 79 Width : 43 Depth : 48 cm Wear and tear, rust, unstable backrest to be tightened and notably missing black lacquer and traces of paint on the skai Provenance : - Headquarters of the Caisse nationale de Sécurité sociale, Paris - Recovered on a sidewalk in Montrichard (41400) around 1990 by the parents of the current owner Bibliography : - "Jean Prouvé," Éditions Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2007. A similar example is reproduced on pp. 235 and 267. - P. Sulzer, "Jean Prouvé, oeuvre complète, Vol. 3", Editions Birkauser, Basel, 2005. Variant of the model reproduced on p. 212 Black lacquered steel base and red leatherette model Metropole 306 "standard" chair by Jean Prouvé. Circa 1953. 31.10 x 16.93 x 18.90 x in.