OLIVIER MOURGUE (BORN IN 1939) DESIGNER &... - Lot 107 - Ader

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OLIVIER MOURGUE (BORN IN 1939) DESIGNER &... - Lot 107 - Ader
OLIVIER MOURGUE (BORN IN 1939) DESIGNER & ERBOS PUBLISHERCaddy , the design of the model in [1968] and the realization of the prototype in [1969] for the A.R.C. (Atelier de Recherche et de Création pour le Mobilier National), the edition by Erbos in Nantes reputed to be 40 copiesRare pair of chairs with casters . Proofs made from bent and welded steel wire supermarket trolleys. Condition of use. Height : 68 cm - Width : 50 cm - Depth : 48 cmHistory : Following an order from the Mobilier National in February 1968 for the fitting out of the cafeteria of the Maison de la Culture in Rennes, Olivier Mourgue designed the Caddy chair, then the following year, in 1969, a prototype was made under the supervision of the Atelier de Recherche et de Création du Mobilier National . The model of this chair was not finally retained for its initial use and it was the publisher Erbos in Nantes who, a little later, produced a reputed edition of 40 copies. Institution : The Mobilier National keeps a pair of this chair under the inventory number GMC 106 . Exhibition & Bibliography : - Olivier Mourgue - Exhibition organized at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Nantes from March 12 to April 19, 1976 . Copies exhibited under number 47 (not reproduced) of the catalogue of this event (not paginated). - Plaidoyer pour le mobilier contemporain: l'Atelier de Recherche et de Création du Mobilier National - Exhibition organized at the Galerie nationale de Beauvais from 15 March to 15 September 2001, Éditions Centre national des Arts plastiques & Administration générale du Mobilier national, Paris, 2001. A copy kept by the Mobilier National exhibited under number 15 and reproduced on page 20 of the catalogue of this event. - Mobilier National 1964-2004, 40 ans de création - Exhibition organized at the Palais de la Porte Dorée from October 20, 2004 to January 16, 2005, Éditions Mobilier National & Manufactures des Gobelins, de Beauvais et de La Savonnerie and Éditions Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2004. A copy kept by the Mobilier National exhibited under number 56 and reproduced on page 85 of the catalogue of this event.
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