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Lot 9
  • 9

François-Xavier Lalanne

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • François-Xavier Lalanne
  • Les Deux Grues, designed in 1986
  • Both monogrammed FXL, numbered 8/8 A and 8/8 B and with foundry mark Fie Chapon Paris on the underside of the tail
  • bronze
  • 33 x 24 x 7,5 cm and 28 x 25 x 7 cm ; 13 x 9 1/2 x 3 in. and 11 x 9 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.
patinated bronze

Provenance

JGM Galerie, Paris
Private collection, Paris
Private collection, France

Literature

Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, Fragments, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Enrico Navarra and JGM Galerie, Paris, April - May 2000, p. 60
Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, New York, 2012, n.p.

Condition

EN : Very good overall condition. A few minute surface scratches and a few rare and very minor areas of wear to the patina, mostly on one crane's feet. Light surface soiling. ////// FR : Très bon état général. Quelques infimes rayures de surface and quelques rares et infimes usures à la patine, en particulier sur les pieds d'une des grues. Très légère salissure en surface.
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