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Lot 4
  • 4

Claude Lalanne

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 EUR
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Description

  • Claude Lalanne
  • Love Seat bench, 1994
  • Branded LALANNE, monogrammed CL, numbered 4/8 B and dated 1994
  • bronze and galvanized copper
  • 70 x 140 x 80 cm ; 27  1/2  x 55  1/8  x 31  1/2  in.
patinated bronze and galvanized copper

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Literature

Les Lalanne, exhibition catalogue, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, June 15 - July 13, 1975, p. 68
Robert Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, Geneva, 1991, p. 80
Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 266-267
Les Lalanne, exhibition catalogue, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, March 17 - July 4, 2010, pp. 94 and 100
Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, New York, 2012, n.p.

Condition

EN : Very good overall condition. Superficial and minor scratches and extremely light oxidation traces. The gilding appears slightly brighter on the catalogue illustration. Dust in the crevices. //// FR : Très bon état général. Superficielles et légères rayures et très légère traces d'oxydation. La dorure apparaît légèrement plus brillante sur l'illustration du catalogue. Poussière dans les recoins.
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Catalogue Note

A related example was realised for Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé in 1972.