"Compas" cafeteria table, model no. 512

"Compas" cafeteria table, model no. 512 - Painted steel, laminate-covered wood signé

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Technique:

Lot n° 62
71,09 cm x 180 cm x 80 cm

  • Provenance

    Philippe Jousse, Paris, late 1980s
    DeLorenzo 1950, New York 
    Julianne Moore, New York
    Private collection, New York

  • Literature

    Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre Complète/Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 268-69 for an image and drawings

  • Catalogue Essay

    A document from the Ateliers Jean Prouvé (reproduced in Sulzer, vol. 3, p. 269) indicates that the present example, at 1,800 mm, was the longest version of the no. 512 table. The tables could measure from 600 to 1,800 mm long and from 600 to 1,000 mm wide.