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Lot 139
  • 139

CLAUDE LALANNE | Ginkgo chair, 2003

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • Lalanne
  • Ginkgo chair, 2003
  • Monogrammed CL, branded LALANNE, inscribed H, dated 2003, numbered 2/8 and with foundry mark FIGIN(...)
  • 77,3 x 44,6 x 45,7 cm ; 30 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 18 in.
gilt and patinated bronze

Provenance

Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-Heist
Private collection, France

Literature

Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1998,  pp. 130-131
Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 266-267
Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, New York, 2012, n.p.

Condition

Very good overall condition. The gilt bronze is slightly tarnished overall and presents with a few minute vert-de-gris stains in the recessed areas. The larger vert-de-gris stains visible in the catalogue illustration on the front edge of the seat have been cleaned. The legs present with a few small humidity stains.
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