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Jean Prouvé Wall Lights and Sconces

French, 1901-1984

Engineer and metalsmith, self-taught designer and architect, manufacturer and teacher, Jean Prouvé was a key force in the evolution of 20th-century French design, introducing a style that combined economy of means and stylistic chic. Along with his frequent client and collaborator Le Corbusier and others, Prouvé, using his practical skills and his understanding of industrial materials, steered French modernism onto a path that fostered principled, democratic approaches to architecture and design.

Prouvé was born in Nancy, a city with a deep association with the decorative arts. (It is home, for example, to the famed Daum crystal manufactory.) His father, Victor Prouvé, was a ceramist and a friend and co-worker of such stars of the Art Nouveau era as glass artist Émile Gallé and furniture maker Louis Majorelle. Jean Prouvé apprenticed to a blacksmith, studied engineering, and produced ironwork for such greats of French modernism as the architect Robert Mallet-Stevens. In 1931, he opened the firm Atelier Prouvé. There, he perfected techniques in folded metal that resulted in his Standard chair (1934) and other designs aimed at institutions such as schools and hospitals.

During World War II, Prouvé was a member of the French Resistance, and his first postwar efforts were devoted to designing metal pre-fab housing for those left homeless by the conflict. In the 1950s, Prouvé would unite with Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret (Le Corbusier’s cousin) on numerous design projects. In 1952, he and Perriand and artist Sonia Delaunay created pieces for the Cité Internationale Universitaire foundation in Paris, which included the colorful, segmented bookshelves that are likely Prouvé’s and Perriand’s best-known designs. The pair also collaborated on 1954’s Antony line of furniture, which again, like the works on 1stDibs, demonstrated a facility for combining material strength with lightness of form.

Prouvé spent his latter decades mostly as a teacher. His work has recently won new appreciation: in 2008 the hotelier Andre Balazs purchased at auction (hammer price: just under $5 million) the Maison Tropicale, a 1951 architectural prototype house that could be shipped flat-packed, and was meant for use by Air France employees in the Congo. Other current Prouvé collectors include Brad Pitt, Larry Gagosian, Martha Stewart and the fashion designer Marc Jacobs.

The rediscovery of Jean Prouvé — given not only the aesthetic and practical power of his designs but also the social conscience his work represents — marks one of the signal “good” aspects of collecting vintage 20th-century design. An appreciation of Prouvé is an appreciation of human decency.

Find antique Jean Prouvé chairs, tables, chaise longues and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Creator: Jean Prouvé
Jean Prouvé Petit Potence Black Wall Lamp by Vitra
By Vitra, Jean Prouvé
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Industrial and minimalistic wall lamp designed by Jean Prouvé and produced by Vitra. The Potence swiveling wall lamp was designed by Jean Prouvé...
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Jean Prouvé 'Petite Potence' Pivoting Wall Light in Black for Vitra
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Jean Prouvé Potence Wall Lamp by Vitra
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Metal

Iconic French Industrial Wall Lamp By Jean Prouve
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Iconic French industrial work lamp by Jean Prouve. With a beautiful dark age related wear and patina to the surfaces. Still with traces of the original paint. Rewired and fitted w...
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1940s French Industrial Vintage Jean Prouvé Wall Lights and Sconces

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Iron

Jean Prouvé Petit Potence Blue (Bleu Marcoule) Wall Lamp by Vitra
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Industrial and minimalistic wall lamp designed by Jean Prouvé and produced by Vitra. The Potence swiveling wall lamp was designed by Jean Prouvé for the 'Maison Tropique' and is cons...
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1940s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jean Prouvé Wall Lights and Sconces

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'Potence D'eclairage' Swing Jib Wall Light by Jean Prouve
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Potence d'Eclairage' swing jib wall light by Jean Prouve. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa the 1950s. Truly iconic jib arm wall light by Prouve was at the forefront of the utilitarian swing arm light...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jean Prouvé Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass, Steel

Jean Prouvé Potence Black Wall Lamp by Vitra
By Vitra, Jean Prouvé
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Industrial and minimalistic wall lamp designed by Jean Prouvé and produced by Vitra. The Potence swiveling wall lamp was designed by Jean Prouvé for the 'Maison Tropique' and is considered a purist masterpiece. What makes this lamp special is the economical use of materials and the clean design. Also availible is the Petite Potence...
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Metal

Jean Prouvé, Potence Wall Light, circa 1950
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jean Prouvé Wall Lights and Sconces

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