Jean PROUVÉ (1901-1984) Brise soleil Aluminium, wood 271 x 177 cm. Ateliers Jean Prouvé, circa 1964 References: - C. Coley & R. Guidot & F.C. Prodhon, Jean Prouvé Volume II, Galerie Patrick Seguin, 2007, p. 522, p.523. - Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé Complete Works Volume 4 1954- 1984, Birkhauser, 2008, p.180, p.181. - Alexandre Von Vegesak, Jean Prouvé, la poétique de l'objet technique, Vitra, 2005, p. 223. - Cadler/Prouvé exhibition catalog, Gagosian gallery & Galerie Patrick Seguin, 2013, p. 88. - Tamotsu Yagi, Jean Prouvé constructive imagination, Millegraph, 2022, p. 146.

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