GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN is pleased to announce the launch of its brand new Youtube channel!

With this initiative, Galerie Patrick Seguin continues its rigorous work to promote JEAN PROUVÉ’s oeuvre, both his dismountable houses and his furniture: as of today, the gallery has assembled the most important collection of these small pieces of architecture, which for the most part are either unique examples or were produced in very few numbers. Benefiting from the same constructive principles than those applied to his furniture, Jean Prouvé’s structures, produced from the 1930s, are assembled and articulated by clever mechanisms, allowing the furniture as well as the buildings to be easily modified, disassembled, and moved: here’s a great opportunity to admire the assembly and disassembly of these unique houses in fast motion.

You will find animatics, made with the help of photos and original plans, allowing to apprehend in detail these real performances of transportable and dismountable architectures, like the 6×6 Demountable Houses for the WWII disaster victims realized from 1944 and rare survivors of the post-war period; or the “adaptation” of the building housing the Ferembal‘s offices (Nancy, 1948), carried out in 2010 by architect Jean Nouvel at the request of the gallery, which testifies to the lasting relevance of the method.

Immerse yourself in the practice of this pioneer in the innovative production of the twentieth century, by listening to the series in 11 episodes, “Jean Prouvé’s philosophy“, consisting of excerpts of interviews and images from the film “L’architecte et son temps” (The architect and his time) by J.M. Leuwen, H. Damisch & S. Faure (1973) and France Culture’s “La Grande Table, Retour sur l’œuvre de Jean Prouvé” (2012); or, watching a full interview with Mark Wigley, architect and author, conducted as part of the exhibition “Jean Prouvé Architect for Better Days” at the LUMA Foundation (Arles, France) in 2017-2018.

Archival images, contemporary shots of architecture, furniture and exhibitions are waiting for you: Subscribe to our Youtube channel to not miss anything!

The GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN is pleased to announce the one-off sale via its e-shop of 100 copies of the catalog JEAN PROUVÉ: Constructive Imagination published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (July 16 to October 16, 2022).

100 copies of this bilingual publication (English/Japanese) are now available exclusively on our e-shop for 55 euros !

Organized thematically, the exhibition curated by Galerie Patrick Seguin and Yagi Design Studio featured over a hundred pieces of the designer’s emblematic furniture and architectural works, along with archival material. It gathered pieces from the collections of Yusaku Maezawa, Patrick Seguin, Tamotsu Yagi and of the Prouvé family.

Illustrated with numerous exhibition views and archival images, this publication looks back at the exhibition and the work of JEAN PROUVÉ. It provides a comprehensive introduction to Prouvé’s work by introducing his original works, drawings, and other materials that still remain today.

Introduced by a preface by Patrick Seguin, this catalog is accompanied by five unpublished texts written by Reiko Hayama (former staff of Ateliers Jean Prouvé), Naho Tamura (Designer based in NY), Mitsuhiro Kanada (Structural Engineer, ARUP Tokyo, Professor of Tokyo University of the Arts), Tamotsu Yagi and Juliet Kinchin (Former Curator of MoMA, Department of Architecture and Design).

Participating in DesignMiami/ for the sixteenth time, GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN has presented 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 exhibited 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, was also shown. The installation enabled visitors to immerse themselves in this unique, avant-garde building.

Until October 16th 2022.
4-chōme-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto City, Tokyo 135-0022, Japan

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Galerie Patrick Seguin is thrilled to announce the opening of “JEAN PROUVÉ: CONSTRUCTIVE IMAGINATION”, an exhibition co-curated by Galerie Patrick Seguin and Tamotsu Yagi Design at the MOT museum, Tokyo.
Organized thematically, the exhibition will feature over a hundred pieces of emblematic furniture and architectural works along with archival material. It will gather pieces from the collections of Yusaku Maezawa, Patrick Seguin and Tamotsu Yagi and of the Prouvé family.

From July 16th to October 16th, 2022
MOT Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
4-chōme-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto City, Tokyo 135-0022, Japan

For the sixteenth edition of DesignMiami/ Basel, GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN is delighted to present a selection of JEAN PROUVÉ’s projects of demountable architecture, including the iconic 1948 Croismare Ecole de verrerie (school of glassmaking).

In 1937, encouraged by new measures taken by the French Government in favor of holidays for the working classes, Jean Prouvé boldly launched himself into the market of small, prefabricated leisure constructions, lightweight and movable. Thus ensued numerous architectural projects such as the BCC demountable house (1941), the 6×6, 6×9 and 8×8 demountable houses (1944), the Croismare training centre (1948), the Bouqueval school (1950), and the Better Days house (1956).

Thanks to their adaptability and their creator’s powers of anticipation, Jean Prouvé’s buildings and architectural elements, which were mostly designed to be temporary, mobile or modular, are just as relevant today as models of sustainable building.

The creation of the Croismare training centre, whose school is partially reconstructed for DesignMiami/ Basel, was instigated by glassmaker Paul Daum and carried out by the Glassmakers’ Union in order to ensure the future of the industry by training a quality workforce.

This building is the most imposing central portal frame realisation ever produced by the Ateliers Jean Prouvé.
The 255m2 (2745 sq. ft.) building numbers seven central portal frames, over 3 meters high, and two external walkways that derive their elegance from the slenderness of the tubular portal frames.The facade panels, solid or glazed, give rhythm and contrast.The monumental entrance canopy in folded sheet steel is an autonomous module supported by two struts, key elements in Prouvé’s work.

The Croismare school is one of the finest examples of Jean Prouvé’s constructive thinking and unites in a single project all the fundamental principles of his buildings.

The reconstruction will include the impressive canopy, the glazed double entrance door, as well as four majestic portal frames, which will stand proud. This installation is completed by an information wall presenting nine other constructions by Jean Prouvé, as well as iconic pieces of his furniture.