Lot 261
  • 261

François-Xavier Lalanne

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 EUR
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Description

  • Nouveaux moutons, 1994 et 1995
  • Le bélier numéroté 25/250, daté 1994 sous le museau, les brebis numérotées 17/250 et 18/250, datées 1995 sous le museau, portent tous le cachet Blanchet Fondeur sous le museau
  • bronze and epoxy stone
  • Bélier : 96 x 104 x 39 cm (37 3/4 x 41 x 15 3/8 in.), Brebis : 89,8 x 35 x 100 (35 1/4 x 16 1/7 x 39 1/4 in.)
un bélier et deux brebis, en bronze patiné et béton-époxy

Provenance

Collection privée, Belgique 

Literature

Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1998, p. 37
Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, p. 188
Les Lalannes at Fairchild, catalogue d'exposition, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, Coral Gables, Florida, 2010, pp. 6-7, 9-11

Condition

Très bon état général. Traces d'oxydation sur les surfaces en bronze (museau, oreilles et pattes). Des taches et coulures verte sur toute la surface en béton, dû à une exposition prolongée en extérieur. Very good overall conditition. Traces of oxidation ont the bronze parts (muzzle, ears and feet). Green stains and runs on the entire stone surface due to the fact that the sheep were kept outside.
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