Details
oak, painted wood, painted metal, laminated wood, plastic
5934 x 70 x 2612 in. (151.8 x 177.8 x 67.3 cm)
seven drawers marked in the mold MODELE CHARLOTTE PERRIAND BREVETE S.G.D.G. © CHARLOTTE PERRIAND / ADAGP 2002 TIRAGE LIMITE BRESIL 02, and six drawers marked in the mold MODELE CHARLOTTE PERRIAND BREVETE S.G.D.G
Provenance
Private American Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
W. Boesiger, ed., Le Corbusier et son atelier rue de Sevres 35: Oeuvre complete Vol. 7, 1957-65, Zurich, 1965, p. 198 (for a related example)
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Un art d’habiter 1903 – 1959, Paris, 2005, p. 468
E. Blanc and I. Tsuji, eds., Charlotte Perriand, Paris, 2005, p. 152
A. Rüegg, Le Corbusier. Furniture and Interiors 1905-1965, Zurich, 2012, pp. 364-365
J. Barsac, Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works, Volume 3: 1956 – 1968, Zurich, 2017, pp. 364 (for text regarding Perriand as the designer of furnishings for Maison du Brésil), 369-373
N. Prat-Couadau, ed., Living with Charlotte Perriand, Paris, 2019, pp. 124, 313-315, and 317
Exhibited
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Modern Quotidian: Furniture by Prouve, Perriand, Le Corbusier, Rietveld, 5 October 2002 - 30 March 2003
Special notice
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