- Product:
- Bookcase from the Maison du Mexique
- Manufacturer:
- Wright
- Architonic ID:
- 4105268
- Launched:
- 1952
- Country:
- United States
- Category:
- Furnishings
- Address
- Telephone
- Website
Key facts
Product description
White pine, enameled aluminum, mahogany
72"w x 12.5"d x 63.5"h
This shelving unit was originally designed for la Maison du Mexique, a dormitory at Cite Universitaire, Paris. There were six groups chosen to design various parts of the campus; Perriand was assigned the cafeteria, the meeting rooms, and forty students' rooms. She collaborated with Sonia Delaunay who was in charge of the coloration. The furniture was fabricated at the Ateliers Jean Prouve, the only workshop with which Perriand would work.
Literature:
Jean Prouve, Seguin and Navarra, illustrated pg. 153
Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, McLeod, illustrated ppg. 230-231
Charlotte Perriand: A Life of Creation, Perriand, see ppg. 240-243 for discussion of the Cite Universitaire project
Provenance:
Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago
72"w x 12.5"d x 63.5"h
This shelving unit was originally designed for la Maison du Mexique, a dormitory at Cite Universitaire, Paris. There were six groups chosen to design various parts of the campus; Perriand was assigned the cafeteria, the meeting rooms, and forty students' rooms. She collaborated with Sonia Delaunay who was in charge of the coloration. The furniture was fabricated at the Ateliers Jean Prouve, the only workshop with which Perriand would work.
Literature:
Jean Prouve, Seguin and Navarra, illustrated pg. 153
Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, McLeod, illustrated ppg. 230-231
Charlotte Perriand: A Life of Creation, Perriand, see ppg. 240-243 for discussion of the Cite Universitaire project
Provenance:
Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago