DESIGN MIAMI/ PARIS
DESIGN AT LARGE
October 17 – 22, 2023
Hôtel de Maisons
51 rue de l’Université, 75007 Paris

For the 1st edition of Design Miami/ Paris, GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN will present a selection of JEAN PROUVÉ‘s furniture, among the most emblematic of his designs.

Among the pieces on display in the Hôtel de Maisons will feature a rare Présidence desk and a sculptural Direction no. 353 swivel office chair. An exceptional set from the same provenance, comprising an S.A.M. no. 506 table and its four Métropole no. 305 chairs – in Van Dyck brown lacquered metal – will also be shown.

A 6×6 demountable house, designed by Jean Prouvé in 1944, will also be exhibited in the gardens of the mansion as part of the Design At Large program.

PARIS + par ART BASEL
PROGRAMME PUBLIC
October 17 – November 6, 2023
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris

For the 2nd edition of Paris + par Art Basel, GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN will inaugurate the Public Program and show the BCC demountable house, designed by JEAN PROUVÉ and PIERRE JEANNERET in 1941.

Produced in only a few examples between 1941 and 1943, the F 8X8 BCC house exemplifies an “all-wood” architecture, based on the axial portal frame construction system patented by Jean Prouvé in 1939. A product of Prouvé and Jeanneret’s powerful complementarity, this project is the result of the inventiveness of the two ‘esprits nouveaux’.

Further information to come.

GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN has been invited to lend a selection of furniture and architecture by JEAN PROUVÉ as part of the exhibition Paris Moderne 1914-1945: Architecture, Design, Film, Fashion, at the Power Station of Art.

Focused on Paris during the Golden Age, this retrospective showcases more than 300 pieces which illustrate thirty years of ingenuity. At this occasion, the gallery’s contributions are a 6 x 6 demountable house, three ‘Compas’ architectural elements and five chairs all conceived by Jean Prouvé, “constructor” of visionary genius and resolutely modern.

© Power Station of Art

This exhibition has been curated by the renowned architect and architecture historian Jean-Louis Cohen, who passed away on August 7th, 2023. Architecture lover, he shared his knowledge through classes, books and exhibitions. We pay tribute to him today and salute these achievements.

© Ekaterina Izmetieva

The gallery collaborated with Jean Louis Cohen on numerous occasions including the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2014, when he was the curator of the French pavilion. In the exhibition, entitled ‘Fundamentals’, the gallery presented a representative selection of architectural elements by Jean Prouvé.

© Luc Boegly

The gallery remains open, come and visit us!

For the 17th edition of Design Miami/ Basel, GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN will present a collection of key pieces by JEAN PROUVÉ, illustrating the creative genius of the constructor and the timelessness of his work.

An exceptional selection of 16 Jean Prouvé chairs will be exhibited, each a different model or colour. From the early 1930s, with the historic Cité chair, to the 1950s with his signature Métropole no. 305 chairs, not forgetting the masterful Direction no. 353 swivelling office chair, this selection of iconic pieces provides a remarkable testimony to Jean Prouvé’s unique vision and demonstrates the technical and aesthetic evolutions seen throughout his career.

A selection of three particularly noteworthy pieces from Cameroon – all in aluminum – will also be shown: a magnificent SAM Tropique no. 303 table, and an exceptional no. 101 wardrobe and no. 152 sideboard. Iconic Jean Prouvé pieces, characterized by their extreme rarity, they illustrate the fruit of his research into the concepts of convertibility and mobility for export, a demonstration of his audacity and modernity.

A very rare rolling stepladder made for the BNP Paribas bank vaults in Paris – of which two examples are currently held in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Musée des Beaux-arts in Nancy; a Cafétéria no. 512 table with compass legs; a Cité bed in red – without doubt the most iconic model of this type in the work of Ateliers Jean Prouvé; and a large swing-jib lamp with sleek lines will complete the display.

DESIGN MIAMI/ BASEL Hall 1 Süd, Messe Basel, Switzerland
Booth G16
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