Prouve, Jean (1901-84)

Creator details

Name: Prouve, Jean (1901-84)
Nationality: French
Biography: Trained as a metalworker, and having no formal education in architecture, Prouvé designed furniture and buildings in a mostly industrial context. He is known for his innovations in designing lightweight prefabricated structures from modular metal parts, though few of his designs for these structures were realized.

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Assets (34 in total)

Tripod table prototype, c.1948 (wood & bent steel)

An Atelier Jean Prouve double-fronted bookcase, 1953 (polished pine in red, black and yellow, lacquered aluminium)

Stool, c.1948 (painted steel)

Stool, c.1952 (lacquered aluminium)

Wall light, designed c.1942, executed c.1948 (lacquered steel)

Bed, designed c.1942, executed c.1946 (lacquered bent steel & oak)

Dining table, c.1951 (oak & lacquered bent steel)

Private house of the french designer Jean Prouve in Nancy. Living room and dining room. Photo in: Arts Menagers, France, Jan., 1957 (b/w photo)

Set of six chairs, c.1942 (oak plywood) (see also 433479)

Bicycle, c.1941 (blue & green painted sheet steel frame with aluminium luggage rack)

Folding Chair, designed 1924-28, made by Les Ateliers in 1929 (hollow tubular steel and linen canvas)

Experimental house of 1950-1952, by architect Jean Prouvé (1901-1984), in Meudon (Hauts de Seine). photo taken 10/05/98 (photo)

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