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Jean Prouvé's Refined Style and Austrian Dueling Pistols

Result EUR30,750
Published on , by Philippe Dufour
Auction on 02 October 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - Le Clos Saint-Marc, 40, rue Victor-Hugo - 76000 Rouen

First off was 1940s design, with one of its most radical representatives, which was followed by a case complete with dueling pistols bringing to mind this XIXth-century tradition of organized combat.

Jean Prouvé workshops, c. 1950. Pedestal table with a heavy circular top in solid... Jean Prouvé's Refined Style and Austrian Dueling Pistols
Jean Prouvé workshops, c. 1950. Pedestal table with a heavy circular top in solid and veneer oak, spacer in yellow-lacquered folded and bolted metal sheet, h. 14 in (35 cm), diam. 31.5 in (80 cm).
Result: €30,750
The architect Jean Prouvé designed this low pedestal table in 1944, by which time he had already been working for several years with the most refined kinds of wood, often combining…
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