PIERRE PAULIN (1927-2009) DESIGNER & ALPHA INTERNATIONAL UNDER LICENSE FROM MOBILIER NATIONAL Élysée, the model originally designed in [1970-1971] for the Salon aux tableaux in the private apartments of Claude and Georges Pompidou, Palais de l'Élysée, the edition initiated around [1972]. Pair of low armchairs. Each seat consists of eight foam-filled, upholstered quarters. The circular bases in black-lacquered tubular metal; the plywood undersides each covered with a jaconas tree. Circa 1970. Used condition. Height: 60cm - Length: 90cm - Depth: 90cm Public collection and related work: Mobilier National et Manufactures des Gobelins, de Beauvais et de la Savonnerie, Paris - An identical model, upholstered and upholstered differently, made by the Atelier de Recherche et de Création du Mobilier national for the Elysée Palace, is kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number GMC 206/001. Bibliography: - Anne Chapoutot, preface by Yvonne Brunhammer - Pierre Paulin, un univers de formes - Éditions Du May, Paris, 1992. Identical model, upholstered differently, reproduced on page 100. - Plaidoyer pour le mobilier contemporain, l'Atelier de Recherche et de Création du Mobilier National (1964-2000) - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Galerie nationale de Beauvais (March 15 - September 15, 2001), Éditions de l'Administration générale du Mobilier National, Paris, 2001. An identical model, upholstered and trimmed differently, is reproduced on page 49 as catalog number 48. - Mobilier National, 1964-2004, 40 ans de création - Catalogue of the traveling exhibition organized at the Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris (October 20, 2004 - January 16, 2005); at the Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Saint-Étienne (November 6, 2004 - January 10, 2005), Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2004. Identical models, upholstered differently, reproduced on pages 49 and 50. - Catherine Geel (dir.) - Pierre Paulin, Designer - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée des Arts Contemporains, Grand-Hornu, Belgium (March 9 - June 22, 2008), Éditions Archibooks + Sautereau/Grand Hornu Images, Paris/Grand-Hornu, 2008. Identical models, differently upholstered, reproduced on page 226. - Nadine Descendre - Pierre Paulin: L'homme et l'œuvre - Éditions Albin Michel, Paris, 2014. Identical models, upholstered and upholstered differently, reproduced on pages 151 and 152, as well as on page 149 on a drawing by Michel Chalard to illustrate Paulin's proposal for the Salon aux tableaux at the Palais de l'Élysée (1970). - Cloé Pitiot (dir.) - Paulin - Catalogue de l'exposition organisée au Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris (11 mai - 22 août 2016), Éditions du Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2016. Identical models, differently upholstered and trimmed, reproduced on pages 94 and 160.