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Some background on the Prouvé bike mentioned above...
From Wikipedia:
Jean Prouvé (8 April 1901 – 23 March 1984) was a French metal worker, self-taught architect and designer. Le Corbusier designated Prouvé a constructeur, blending architecture and engineering. Prouvé's main achievement was transferring manufacturing technology from industry to architecture, without losing aesthetic qualities. His design skills were not limited to one discipline. During his career Jean Prouvé was involved in architectural design, industrial design, structural design and furniture design.
And translated from this article at velo-design.com:
"Designed in 1941 from sheet steel, this frame was intended for employees of Jean Prouvé workshops, to help them travel between home and work (as during the World War II cars were reserved for police and doctors only). "
I think only about 10 were actually built finally, so original models are pretty rare.
Complete bike photo is of the one sold at Christie's last year.
Some pics from an expo in Canada a few years ago, with photos of his original design drawings:
https://veloretrocourse.proboards.com/thread/1043/le-lo-de-jean-prouv
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