Jean PROUVÉ (1910-1984) & Jules LELEU (1883-1... Lot n° 16

Rest bed model "Martel de Janville" from the artist's reference book, created in 1936 in red brick lacquered folded steel sheet and bedside table in solid wood (mattress and draw sockets are missing). Height. 91 cm - length. 200 cm - depth. 133 cm History: Furniture created in 1936 for the Sanatorium Martel de Janville, Haute-Savoie. A similar model can be found in the collections of the Musée des Années 30 in Boulogne-Billancourt. Bibliography: "Sanatorium Martel de Janville", L'Architecture Française, n°55, February 1946, reproduced model. Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé, complete work vol. 2, 1934-1944, Éditions Birkhäuser, 2000, model referenced and reproduced p. 155.