LAFFANOUR | Galerie Downtown
Design Miami.Paris 2024
20th century works by Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret and Serge Mouille along with contemporary pieces by Ron Arad, Choi Byung Hoon and Ettore Sottsass. Plus, a Design at Large exhibition of Jean Prouvé's 'Carnac' demountable house
Design Miami.Basel 2024
Featured Designers
Charlotte Perriand
Jean Prouvé
José Zanine Caldas
Simone Prouvé
Galerie Downtown-LAFFANOUR presents a selection of masterpieces of 20th design by Jean & Simone Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, and José Zanine Caldas.
Design Miami.Paris 2023 Design at Large
Venus Bust. Galerie Downtown-LAFFANOUR will present the Design At Large project "Venus Bust" by Panayiotis Vassilakis.
About LAFFANOUR | Galerie Downtown
Expertise/ Twentieth-century French design with a focus on postwar, midcentury, and contemporary design
When François Laffanour opened Galerie Downtown in Paris in 1982, he quickly realised the importance of the work of Le Corbusier, Prouvé, Perriand and Jeanneret. These figures were mainly rediscovered thanks to the patient work of Laffanour, whose reputation has been associated with architects’ furniture. In 2002 he acquired the archives of Galerie Steph Simon, which commercialised the work of Prouvé, Perriand, Mouille and Jouve between 1956 and 1974. Through his sensibility François Laffanour mixes post-war design with contemporary furniture by artists such as Ron Arad who has been represented by the Gallery since 2004.
Designers
Charlotte Perriand
Jean Prouvé
Serge Mouille
José Zanine Caldas
Simone Prouvé
Stéphane Maupin
