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Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

Claude Lalanne

Three-Piece "Williamsburg" Seating Suite

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April 22, 07:10 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

Claude Lalanne

Three-Piece "Williamsburg" Seating Suite


designed circa 1984

comprising a bench and two armchairs

bench: number 8 from an edition of 100

armchairs: numbers 17A and 17B from an edition of 100

patinated bronze

bench: monogrammed CL, impressed LALANNE and numbered 8/100

each armchair: monogrammed CL, impressed LALANNE and numbered 17/100A and 17/100B, respectively

bench: 28 ½ x 78 ⅜ x 20 ¼ in. (72.4 x 199.1 x 51.4 cm)

armchairs: 30 ¼ x 21 ⅜ x 20 ¼ in. (76.8 x 54.3 x 51.4 cm) each

Acquired directly from Claude Lalanne by the present owners

Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1998, pp. 56 (for the bench) and 81 (for the armchair)

Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York and Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, 2006, p. 54 (for the armchair)

Les Lalanne at Fairchild, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2010, n.p.

Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, pp. 43-44 (for the bench)

Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Art, Work, Life, New York, 2012, n.p. (for the armchair)

Adrian Dannatt, ed., Les Lalanne: Fifty Years of Work, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2015, pp. 67 (for the bench and armchairs), 90, 119 and 213 (for the bench)

Adrian Dannatt, François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne: In the Domain of Dreams, New York, 2018, pp. 114-115 (for the bench)

Les Lalanne à Trianon, exh. cat., Château de Versailles, Paris, 2021, pp. 71 and 134 (for the bench)