JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984) Type 512 Cafétaria, also... Lot 123

JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984) Type 512 Cafétaria, also known as Table Compas, the model designed around [1953]. Rectangular table. The Compas-type base in folded, black-lacquered sheet metal; the two double tapered legs of triangular cross-section mounted in an inverted V-shape and joined by a central beam in black-lacquered tubular metal. Each leg comes complete with a black-lacquered metal circular glide. The top is in original black laminate over batten and edging. Early 1950s edition. Used condition, small accidents and scattered chips, scattered repaints on the base. Height: 70.5cm - Length: 119cm - Width: 65cm Bibliography: - Peter Sulzer - Jean Prouvé œuvre complète, vol.3, 1944-1954 - Éditions Birkhäuser, Basel, 2005. Description of Compas tables under number 1242.3, drawing no. 185842 and identical model, color variant, page 268. - Jean Prouvé/Serge Mouille - Catalogue of the exhibition held in May 1985 at the De Lorenzo Gallery in New York and in autumn 1985 at the Galerie Alan et Christine Counord in Paris, Éditions De Lorenzo Galllery/Galerie Alan et Christine Counord, Pairs 1985. Drawing of our table model on a brochure published by Steph Simon, reproduced on pages 70-71. - Jan von Geest - Jean Prouvé - Editions Taschen, Bonn, 1991. Variation in color and dimensions reproduced on pages 110-111. - Galerie Patrick Seguin Jean Prouvé, Volume 1 - Éditions Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2017. Identical models, with variations in size and color, reproduced on pages 294 to 300.