Lot 53 · Design
'Visiteur' Lounge Chair, model no. FV 11, circa 1947
Jean Prouvé · painted steel, oak, fabric upholstery
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- Estimate
- $40,000–$60,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Design, New York · 11 December 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3574571
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Jean Prouvé, 'Visiteur' Lounge Chair, model no. FV 11, circa 1947. Christie's, 11 Dec 2020, lot 53. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3574571.
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Jean Prouvé, 'Visiteur' Lounge Chair, model no. FV 11, circa 1947. Christie's, 11 Dec 2020, lot 53. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3574571.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Console, designed for the National Showroom, Milan, circa 1955 | GIO PONTI, ANTONIO FORNAROLI, ALBERTO ROSSELLI (STUDIO PFR) | $8,000–$10,000 | |
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| Vase, circa 1925 | Jean Dunand | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Tall Vase, circa 1913 | Jean Dunand | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Double ‘Colonnettes’ Table, 1922-1923 | Émile-jacques Ruhlmann | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| Jardinière, circa 1913 | Jean Dunand | $15,000–$20,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Jean Prouvé | Pair of "Demountable" Chairs | Sotheby's, Jun 2024 | ||
| Jean Prouvé | "Cafétéria" Table | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Jean Prouvé | 'Semi-Metal' chairs no. 305, set of six | Wright, Dec 2020 | ||
| Jean Prouvé | Sideboard | Sotheby's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Jean Prouvé | Low Occasional Table | Sotheby's, Jun 2023 | ||
| Jean Prouvé | Low table, model no. 402 | Phillips, Apr 2023 | ||
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.