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Designed in 1934, the C.P.D.E. chair was an early triumph for French architect and designer Jean Prouvé. That year, the Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d'Électricité (Paris Electricity Distribution Company) announced a competition for the interior furnishings of their offices. Surpassing proposals by larger, more established studios, the Ateliers Prouvé secured the commission, submitting approximately 130 designs, including armchairs, cupboards, wall partitions, and even radiator covers, in addition to perspective plans for the office.
Design drawing of the present model armchair, circa 1934. The C.P.D.E. chair has justly become the most enduring work from this project; it not only foregrounded later designs by Prouvé, but it also helped to establish the visual vocabulary of twentieth-century office furniture. Trained in the arts of iron, Prouvé devised a chair with an entirely metal skeleton, its hind and front legs rendered in sheet and tubular steel, respectively. Three years before his death in 1984, Prouvé remarked on the C.P.D.E. chair: “…this chair has quality, it’s very comfortable…you see, very early on we started making furniture like that.” The C.P.D.E. chair remains among the rarest Prouvé models, with approximately 120 produced for the 1934 commission.
Provenance
Jousse Entreprise, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008Literature
"L'Équipement de l'habitation," L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui, January 1939, p. 44
Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre complète / Complete Works, Volume 2: 1934-1944, Basel, 2000, pp. 74, 77-79
Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Volume 1, Paris, 2017, pp. 140-43, 162Artist Biography
Jean Prouvé
French • 1901 - 1984
Jean Prouvé believed in design as a vehicle for improvement. His manufactory Les Ateliers Jean Prouvé, located in Nancy, France, produced furniture for schools, factories and municipal projects, both within France and in locations as far flung as the Congo. Though he designed for the masses, pieces such as his "Potence" lamps and "Standard" chairs are among the most iconic fixtures in sophisticated, high-design interiors today. Collectors connect with his utilitarian, austere designs that strip materials down to the bare minimum without compromising on proportion or style.
Prouvé grew up in Nancy, France, the son of Victor Prouvé, an artist and co-founder of the École de Nancy, and Marie Duhamel, a pianist. He apprenticed to master blacksmiths in Paris and opened a small wrought iron forge in Nancy. However it was sheet steel that ultimately captured Prouvé's imagination, and he ingeniously adapted it to furniture, lighting and even pre-fabricated houses, often collaborating with other design luminaries of the period, such as Robert Mallet-Stevens, Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand.
Property of an International Collector, Curated by Joseph Dirand
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Rare "C.P.D.E." armchair
circa 1934
Painted steel, suede upholstery.
31 1/2 x 25 3/4 x 22 3/4 in. (80 x 65.4 x 57.8 cm)
Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,400
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Pietro Chiesa
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Two rare ceiling lights
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Paolo Buffa
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Franco Albini
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Pietro Chiesa
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Alberto Giacometti
"Étoile" table lamp
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Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann and Jean Dunand
"Chinoise" coiffeuse, model no. 1538 AR/1827 NR
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Ingrid Donat
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Jacques Adnet
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Paul Dupré-Lafon
Pair of side tables
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Jean Royère
"Tour Eiffel" coffee table
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Alberto Giacometti
"Figure" floor lamp
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Jean Prouvé
Set of four "Semi-metal" chairs, model no. 305
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Jacques Adnet
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Jean Prouvé
Important cabinet, model no. 150
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Charlotte Perriand
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Georges Jouve
Two "Boule" vases
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Jean Prouvé
Rare stool, model no. 307
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Jean Royère
Sofa and pair of armchairs
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Jean Royère
Rare wall-mounted console table
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Georges Jouve
Vide poche
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Georges Jouve
Tall "Cylindre" vase
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Georges Jouve
Large footed "Cylindre" vase
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Jean Royère
"Sculpture" armchair
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
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Alexandre Noll
Large tray
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André Arbus
Dining table
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Georges Jouve
"Boule" vase
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Stilnovo
Adjustable wall light, model no. 2061
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Jean Prouvé
Rare "C.P.D.E." armchair
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Alexandre Noll
Dish
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Rick Owens
"Curial (Black Plywood)" chair
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Serge Mouille
"Grand Totem" floor lamp
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Jean Prouvé
"Direction" armchair, model no. 352
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Jean Prouvé
"Cité" desk, model no. 500
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Jean Prouvé
"Antony" chair, model no. 356
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Serge Mouille
Pair of "Antony" desk lamps
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Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
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Charlotte Perriand
"Tokyo" bench
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Edmund de Waal
"Plate 1, Part 1, Page 1"
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Lucie Rie
Footed bowl
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Lucie Rie
Conical bowl
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Lucie Rie
Footed bowl
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Hans Coper
Pot on cylindrical foot with vertical impression
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
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Hans Coper
Ovoid form
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Hans Coper
Large bowl
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Hans Coper
Pair of candle holders
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Josef Frank
Miniature cabinet, model no. 2225
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
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Axel Johann Salto
"Aktæonmaske"
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
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Doyle Lane
Weed pot
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Doyle Lane
Weed pot
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Doyle Lane
Weed pot
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Finn Juhl
Rare sofa, designed for a "Bachelor's Apartment" for the "Tidens Møbler 1947" exhibition, Copenhagen
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Harry Bertoia
"Sonambient" sounding sculpture
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Claude Conover
"Pillow" vessel
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George Nakashima
Pair of "Conoid Cushion" lounge chairs
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Peter Voulkos
Vase form
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
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Peter Voulkos
Vase form
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Paavo Tynell
Pair of large ceiling lights
Estimate $18,000 - 24,000
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John Nyquist
Unique illuminated floor globe
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
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John Mason
"Grey Figure"
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
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Vladimir Kagan
"Contour" rocking chair, model no. 175F
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
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Vladimir Kagan
"Stalagmite" floor lamp
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
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Vladimir Kagan
Rare L-shaped sofa with "Tri-Symmetric" legs
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $26,460
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Vladimir Kagan
Swivel boudoir chair
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $7,560
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Vladimir Kagan
Early "Serpentine" sofa
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,240
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Judy Kensley McKie
"Dragon" coffee table
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $107,100
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Studio Job
Four-panel screen, from the "Perished" collection
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $44,100
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Franco Albini and Franca Helg
Rare daybed
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,860
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Franco Albini
Set of six "Luisella" chairs, model no. SD9
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,450
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Lella Vignelli and Massimo Vignelli
Rare "Kono" table
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,340
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Gino Sarfatti
Pair of wall lights, model. no. 232
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $8,190
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Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
Unique "Bolotas Sofa (Black)"
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $88,200
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Lella Vignelli and Massimo Vignelli
"Kono" coffee table
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $2,394
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Maria Pergay
"Ring" chair
Estimate $18,000 - 24,000
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Alessandro Mendini
"Arado" vase
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,638
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Alessandro Mendini
"Poltrona di Proust" armchair
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
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Franco Albini and Franca Helg
Pair of ceiling lights, model no. 2043
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,900
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Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
"Panda Sofa" and "Panda Puff"
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,880
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Tito Agnoli
Ceiling light
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,340
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92
Corrado Corradi Dell'Acqua
Pair of "Montecarlo" side tables, from Casa Coggi, Arenzano
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $8,820
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Gianfranco Frattini
Sofa, model no. 872
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $11,970
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Gio Ponti
Pair of armchairs, model no. 811
Estimate $28,000 - 32,000
Sold for $52,920
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Max Ingrand
Floor lamp, model no. 1819
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $13,860
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Gio Ponti
Coffee table, model no. 2155, from the "Modern by Singer" series
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $32,760
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Gino Sarfatti
Ceiling light, model no. 3026/40
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,600
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Giovanni Ferrabini
Pair of coffee tables
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $11,970
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