Prouvé, Everywhere
Jean Prouvé, the French industrial engineer, architect and designer who died in 1984, is, like Oscar Niemeyer, at the height of fashion today. Among the activities to honor the 100th anniversary of Mr. Prouvé's birth this year is a retrospective at the Pavillon de l'Arsenal, 21 Boulevard Morland, near the Bastille. It opens May 11 and runs to the end of August; the focus is on his architectural work, like the 1951 prototype for a house at a Paris salon, top. Exhibitions in Nancy, Mr. Prouvé's hometown, will open in July, and a show of his furniture will be on view starting July 7 at the gallery Jousse Entreprise. The 1954 Antony chair (above) was shown at a recent Prouvé exhibition in Hyères. And Vitra has announced that it will make licensed reproductions of Mr. Prouvé's furniture this fall, including the Standard, Antony and Cité chairs and a number of tables.
CURRENTS: PARIS -- DESIGN