Jules LELEU (1883 - 1961) and Ateliers Jean Prouvé - Lot 10

Jules LELEU (1883 - 1961) and Ateliers Jean Prouvé Circa 1936 for the Martel de Janville sanatorium Bed Structure with integrated bedside cabinet on the left, a drawer in front and a pivoting door. Sled base with wooden slats. Folded, welded sheet steel, red lacquered H. 92 cm - W. 134 cm - D. 190 cm Wear, lacquer chips, scratches, non-original wooden shelf and base. Provenance : - Sanatorium Martel de Janville - Galerie 54, Eric Touchaleaume - Collection Yasmina Chenoufi, Paris Bibliography: : Leleu, 50 years of furniture and decoration. Collectif, Édition Somogy éditions d'art 2007. Similar model shown on p. 98 and 99 Built between 1934 and 1936, the Sanatorium Martel de Janville under the direction of architects Pol Abraham and Henry-Jacques Le Même was one of the great modernist adventures of the 1930s. Decorator Jules Leleu was chosen to design the functional furniture, which would become one of the first examples of mass-produced metal furniture thanks to Jean Prouvé's workshops. With its functional, hygienic design, use of sheet metal and revolutionary choice of simple red lacquer, this furniture, the result of a collaboration between one of the great designers of Art Deco and one of the pioneers of metal, was one of the most modern of its time.