JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984) Compas desk; curved top,... Lot 124

JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984) Compas desk; curved top, the Mobilier Compas series initiated in [1953]. Curved desk. 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 straight central beam in black-lacquered tubular metal. Each leg comes complete with a black-lacquered metal circular glide, The curved top in white laminate. Circa 1950. Used condition, one chip and small chips on the white laminate. Height:73cm - Length:155cm - Tray width:69cm Bibliography: - Peter Sulzer - Jean Prouvé œuvre complète, vol.3, 1944-1954 - Éditions Birkhäuser, Basel, 2005. Descriptions of Compas desks under numbers 1242.2, Steph Simon brochure and Compas desk variants and legs reproduced on pages 266 and 267. - 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. Variants and legs of Compas desks reproduced on pages 62 to 65. - Jan von Geest - Jean Prouvé - Editions Taschen, Boon, 1991. Variant with a pedestal and detail of Compas desks reproduced on pages 105 and 106. - Patrick Favardin - Le Style 50 - Un moment de l'art français - Éditions Sous le Vent-Vilo, Paris, 1987. Compas desk leg reproduced on page 26.