DesignMiami/ 2022
November 29 – December 4, 2022
Participating in DesignMiami/ for the sixteenth time, GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN will present a selection of iconic designs from leading figures of 20th-century design and decorative arts, namely JEAN PROUVÉ, JEAN ROYÈRE, PIERRE JEANNERET, CHARLOTTE PERRIAND and LE CORBUSIER.
In an elegant display, the gallery will exhibit furniture and lighting by JEAN ROYÈRE, in particular a rare and exquisite Tour Eiffel coffee table and a pair of ravishing Œuf armchairs, testimony to the great creativity of their designer and of the elegance and poetry of his world.
Conversely, concerned with the rationality between form and function and removing any superfluous detail, Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret gave birth to modern furniture and architecture in a prelude to the new ways of living that became widespread at the beginning of the 1950s.
Thus, the clean lines of CHARLOTTE PERRIAND’s extraordinary bookshelves, or her surprising, four-metre-long wall-hung cabinet, illustrate this new spirit in their elegant simplicity.
In the same way, the furniture designed by PIERRE JEANNERET for Chandigarh, such as the imposing illuminated library table, or JEAN PROUVÉ’s now iconic Métropole chairs, attest to the absolute modernity of these creations.
Polyvalent creative genius, Jean Prouvé was also at the origin of numerous projects of demountable architecture. One of these, the Maxéville design office, developed in 1948, will also be shown. The installation will enable visitors to immerse themselves in this unique, avant-garde building.
JEAN ROYÈRE
PAIR OF 3-BRANCHED FOND PERDU WALL SCONCES, CA. 1955
Patinated wrought iron
H. 40 × L. 59.5 × D. 32.5 cm
H. 15 3⁄4 × L. 23 1⁄2 × D. 12 3⁄4 in.
JEAN ROYÈRE
CROISILLON DAYBED, CA. 1955
Oak & fabric
H. 80 × L. 204 × D. 100 cm
H. 31 1⁄2 × L. 80 3⁄8 × D. 39 3⁄8 in.
JEAN ROYÈRE,
TOUR EIFFEL COFFEE TABLE, CA. 1947
Steel, brass and glass
H. 34 × L. 131 × D. 55 cm
H. 13 3⁄8 × L. 51 1⁄2 × D. 21 5⁄8 in.
JEAN ROYÈRE
PAIR OF EGG CHAIRS, CA. 1954
Oak & fabric
H. 65 × L. 63 × D. 69 cm
H. 25 1⁄2 × L. 24 7⁄8 × D. 27 1⁄8 in.
LE CORBUSIER
WALL UNIT, 1956-59
Wood
H. 70 × L. 70 × D. 22 cm
H. 27 1⁄2 × L. 27 1⁄2 × D. 8 5⁄8 in.
JEAN PROUVÉ
SIDEBOARD NO. 150, CA. 1950
Bent sheet steel & oak
H. 100.5 × L. 200.5 × D. 45 cm
H. 39 1⁄2 × L. 79 × D. 17 3⁄4 in.
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND
WALL-MOUNTED BOOKSHELVES, 1958
Aluminum & cherry wood
H. 205 × L. 177 × D. 33.5 cm
H. 80 3⁄4 × L. 69 5⁄8 × D. 13 1⁄8 in.
PIERRE JEANNERET
DESK, 1953
Ash
H. 72 × L. 165 × D. 70 cm
H. 28 3⁄8 × L. 65 × D. 27 1⁄2 in.
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND
& PIERRE JEANNERET
SWIVELING OFFICE CHAIR, 1953
Ash
H. 67 × L. 53 × D. 47 cm
H. 26 3⁄8 × L. 20 7⁄8 × D. 18 1⁄2 in.
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND
TRIPODE CHAIR NO. 20,
CA. 1950-51
Ash
H. 67.5 × L. 38 × D. 33.5 cm
H. 26 1⁄2 × L. 15 × D. 13 1⁄8 in.
LE CORBUSIER
WALL UNIT, 1956-59
Wood
H. 70 × L. 70 × D. 22 cm
H. 27 1⁄2 × L. 27 1⁄2 × D. 8 5⁄8 in.
JEAN PROUVÉ
SIDEBOARD NO. 150, CA. 1950
Bent sheet steel & oak
H. 100.5 × L. 200.5 × D. 45 cm
H. 39 1⁄2 × L. 79 × D. 17 3⁄4 in.
PIERRE JEANNERET, LIBRARY TABLE WITH LIGHT, CA. 1963-64
Teak, glass, sheet steel
H. 104 × L. 247 × D. 125 cm
H. 41 × L. 97 1⁄4 × D. 49 1⁄4 in.
Provenance: Legislative Assembly and University of Punjab library, Chandigarh, India
JEAN PROUVÉ
METROPOLE NO. 305 CHAIRS,
ca. 1950
Bent steel & molded plywood
H. 80.5 × L. 41.5 × D. 48.5 cm
H. 31 3⁄4 × L. 16 3⁄8 × D. 19 in.
JEAN PROUVÉ
SWING-JIB LAMP, CA. 1950
Steel tube, sheet, cable
H. 28 × L. 230 cm
H. 11 × L. 90 1⁄2 in.
PIERRE JEANNERET & LE CORBUSIER
SOFA SET VISITOR HIGH COURT, 1955-56
Teak & hide
H. 73 x L. 160 x D. 83 cm
H. 28 3⁄4 x L. 63 x D. 32 5⁄8
Armchairs
H. 74 x L. 73 x D. 83 cm
H. 29 1⁄8 x L. 28 3⁄4 x D. 32 5⁄8 in.
Provenance: High Court &
University of Punjab,
Chandigarh, India
JEAN PROUVÉ
LOW GUERIDON GB 21, CA. 1950
Bent sheet steel and walnut
H. 14 × ø 35 1⁄2 in.
H. 35.5 × ø 90 cm
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND
STOOL, CA. 1955
Wood
H. 27 × ø 33 cm
H. 10 5⁄8 × ø 13 in.
JEAN PROUVÉ
MAXÉVILLE DESIGN OFFICE, 1948
Steel, wood and glass
26’3 x 39’4 ft
8 x 12 m
