Jean Prouvé was born in Nancy, France in 1901, where he died in 1984. His work is included in private and public collections worldwide, including Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris and Museum of Modern Art, New York. Major exhibitions include Jean Prouvé: Constructeur, 1901–1984, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1990–91); Jean Prouvé: Three Nomadic Structures, Pacific Design Center, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2005); Jean Prouvé: A Tropical House, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2006); Jean Prouvé: The Poetics of the Technical Object, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany (2006–07, traveled to Kamakura Museum of Modern Art; Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt; Netherlands Architecture Institute, Maastricht; Hotel de Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris; Design Museum, London; and Museo dell'Ara Pacis, Rome, among other venues); Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Museum of Modern Art, New York (2008-09); a multi-exhibition, multi-venue tribute at Musée des beaux-arts, Nancy, France (2012); and A Passion for Jean Prouvé: From Furniture to Architecture, Pinacoteca Agnelli, Turin (2013).
