104. 104AR W JEAN PROUVÉ (1901-1984) Métropole chair n. 305 Circa 1955 for CEA, Marcoule Numbered '8112312 10877' and inscribed 'CEA/MAR/INT / CDE/12014' on an aluminium plate Folded and painted sheet steel, beech, aluminium and rubber H: 81.3 cm (32 in.); W: 41 cm (16.1/8 in.); D: 48 cm (18.7/8 in.) Provenance Private collection of a former employee of the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Marcoule Bibliography Jean Prouvé (1901-1984), constructeur, exhibition catalogue, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, Nancy, 13 July-15 October 2001, p. 122 P. Sulzer, Jean Prouvé. Oeuvre complète/Complete works. Volume 3: 1944-1954, Birkhäuser, Basel, 2005, p. 35, n. 22, 208, 209, 210, 211, n. 1207 et seq. A passion for Jean Prouvé: from furniture to architecture. The Laurence and Patrick Seguin collection, exhibition catalogue, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli-Galerie Patrick Seguin, Turin, 6 April-8 September 2013, pp. 30, 31, 32-33, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60-61, 62, 63, 270-271, 272-273, 274-275 P. Seguin, Jean Prouvé, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2017, vol. 1, p. 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 99, 200, 355, 397, 407, 408-409, 416