Bernar Venet, Prototype Coffee Table (Texts)

Description

Bernar Venet
Prototype Coffee Table (Texts)

Atelier A
France, 1968
silkscreened and enameled steel
13 h x 43.25 w x 25.5 d in (33 x 110 x 65 cm)

This prototype coffee table was created for an edition that was not realized. Silkscreened signature to one side 'Venet Bernar'. Enamel manufacturer's mark to underside 'Atelier A'. This work is registered in the artist's archives under inventory number bv68f1.

Provenance: Private Collection

Literature: Atelier A: Rencontre de l'art et de l'objet, Jollant-Kneebone and Braunstein, pg. 172 Bernar Venet: Elements of Furniture, Galerie Philippe Gravier, Paris, exhibition catalog, 2020, pg. 6

This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

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Bernar Venet, Prototype Coffee Table (Texts)

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