About Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé Jean-François

Tuesday, May 27 th 2014, 6 pm
About Charlotte
Perriand and Jean
Prouvé
Jean-François
Declercq’s
collection
Exhibition
From Thursday, May 22nd to Tuesday, May
27th 2014
PIASA Rive Gauche
83, rue du Bac
75007 Paris
Press & Communication PIASA Rive Gauche
Cécile Demtchenko Woringer
+33 1 53 34 12 95
+33 6 38 93 44 15
[email protected]
Press release
PIASA to celebrate Jean Prouvé & Charlotte Perriand at Sale of the Jean-François
Declercq Collection – Tuesday 27 May 2014 at 6pm
It is over 15 years since Belgian entrepreneur Jean-François Declercq succumbed to a
passion for Design. Personal encounters, exhibitions and avid reading have helped him
become a specialist connoisseur of the period – constantly on the look-out for iconic
works by his favourite artists (Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé and Pierre Jeanneret).
Now Declercq is parting with nearly 90 pieces from this important collection, which
bears witness to the historic and intellectual creativity of French post-war Design and had
been on display in the Constructivist house-cum-studio built for sculptor Oscar Jespers
in Brussels by Victor Bourgeois in 1928.
© Serge Anton
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One of the most outstanding lots is Charlotte Perriand’s Mexique bookcase (est. €70,00090,000), designed in 1952 for student rooms in the House of Mexico at the Cité Unversitaire
in Paris. The bookcase represents the pinnacle of Perriand’s research on shelving: her
invention of compartmentalized modules with metal sides represented an important step
in the history of Design.
Charlotte Perriand (1903 – 1999)
Bibliothèque Maison du Mexique
Double-faced library named
Maison du Mexique
Leg and sleeper in fir wood
Compartments and doors in
embossed sheet of aluminium
Date of creation : 1952
Realisation by Jean Prouvé
Ateliers
Study of polychromy by Sonia
Delaunay
77 existing copies
L 182 x H 160 x D 31 cm
70 000 / 90 000 €
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A free-form Table by Perriand in solid oak, designed at the end of the 1950s and widely
considered one of her most emblematic pieces, will also be available (est. €45,000-65,000).
Charlotte Perriand (1903 – 1999)
Table de forme libre
Dining room table named
« Forme Libre »
Top and leg in solid ash wood
Steph Simon edition
Realisation by André Chetaille
Circa 1967
L 199 x H 75 x D 76 cm
45 000 / 65 000 €
Works by Jean Prouvé include an FV 22 Kangaroo chair (est. €50,000-70,000); a
sideboard (est. €25,000-30,000); two wood and aluminium Wave panels designed for a
village school in Cameroon (est. €12,000-15,000 each); and a set of eight steel and plywood
Métropole n°305 standard chairs (est. €40,000-60,000).
As these highlights indicate, the Collection to be offered at PIASA bears eloquent witness
to the finest years of French post-war creativity and design.
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Jean Prouvé (1901 – 1984)
Fauteuil Kangourou
Armchair FV 22 named
« Kangourou »
Seat in gray lacquered,
embossed sheets of metal, back
in plywood, leg in oak wood
and grey lacquered metal tube,
ended by wooden feet
Circa 1951
H 86/66, 50/77
50 000 / 70 000 €
Charlotte Perriand (1903 – 1999)
Bibliothèque Nuage
Library on the model of
« Nuage » with compartments
on the model of « Mexique»
Shelves in oak wood and
structure in white and black
enameled metal, attached with
rivets in aluminium
Steph Simon edition
Circa 1958/62
L 250 x H 82 x D 20 cm
40 000 / 60 000 €
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Mise en scène Luis Laplace Luis Laplace was born and educated in Buenos Aires.
He graduated from the Universidad de Belgrano with
a Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Architecture &
Urbanism.
After successfully completing an high-end project
in Mallorca, Luis decided to open with his partner
Christophe Comoy his own practice based in Paris, in
order to be closer to his European clients and benefit
from the city’s proximity and access to international
events, art galleries, materials and traditional artisan
skills.
Founded 10 years ago, the studio Laplace specializes in a design that focuses on
contemporary art. Laplace’s ability to create distinctly modern yet intimate architecture
and interior design attracts a loyal clientele, particularly artists, gallery owners, and
art collector including Hauser & Wirth in London or Emmanuel Perrotin and Cindy
Sherman in Paris.
© Cristina Macaya
After a short period working in Argentina, Luis moved
to New York where, from 1999 to 2004, he worked for
Selldorf Architects, specializing in architecture for artrelated projects.
Laplace works internationally, offering a full design service based on a large expertise in
commercial and residential work.
The work assembles eras, past and present, creating both private and public spaces
which possess the power to unleash atmospheres of timeless elegance with strong impact
counterpoised by contemporary elements.
Over the years, Laplace has made itself known by its refined, high quality work. Inspired
by both South American modernism and the brutalist movement, Luis Laplace likes to
mix French sophistication with exclusive vintage. Through good use of space and light,
basing his design on local cultures and traditions, choice of materials and a special passion
for art and craftsmanship, Luis Laplace combines modern simplicity with great elegance.
Interior architecture and design according to Laplace, are far from fashion and trends but
synonymous to timelessness, beauty and subtle luxury.
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Design Department :
Cédric Morisset
François Epin
Cindy Chanthavong
Upcoming sales - PIASA rive gauche :
March 12 : Scandinavian v. American v. Brazilian Design and rare ensemble by
Peder Moos : exhibition designed by India Mahdavi
April 15 : Italian design and tribute to Lorenzo Burchiellaro – exhibition designed by
Didier Benderli for KERILOS INTERIEURS
May 27 : XX century Design and tribute to Jean Prouvé et Charlotte Perriand
Part I : Private collection dedicated to Jean Prouvé et Charlotte Perriand
Part II : Jean Prouvé in the Alps:Two historic refuges at an altitude of 2 500 meters
June 17 : Dialogue between art and design : Michel Deverne and Christian Astuguevieille
PIASA OnlineOnly :
March 21-31
- Italian lamps Part I (1950-1980)
- Precious bracelets de la collection Christian Astuguevieille
April 18-28
- Fifty shades of red ceramics
- Italian Lamps (1950-80) Part II
- Early Continental & Chinese ceramics
May 16-26
- Livres de photographies Part I
- Affiches communistes, collection de la CFOC
- Asian ceramics
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