Claude Lalanne

A Rare "Végétale" Mirror

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December 10, 08:02 PM GMT

Estimate

600,000 - 800,000 USD

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Property from a Private California Collection

Claude Lalanne

A Rare "Végétale" Mirror

1986

number 2 from an edition of 2

gold-patinated bronze, galvanized copper, mirrored glass

monogrammed C.L, stamped LALANNE, dated 86 and numbered 2/2

109 ½ x 44 x 6 in. (278.1 x 111.8 x 15.2 cm)

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1989

Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Centre national d'art contemporain, Paris, 1975, p. 42 (for related examples)

Daniel Marchesseau, The Lalannes, Paris, 1998, pp. 138-139 (for related examples)

Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York and Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, 2006, pp. 22-23 (for related examples)

Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, pp. 94-96 and 102 (for related examples)

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

Adrian Dannatt, ed., Les Lalanne: Fifty Years of Work 1964-2015, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2015, pp. 67-68, 184-197, and 203 (for related examples)

Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Nature Transformed, exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 2020, p. 35 (for related examples)

Les Lalanne à Trianon, exh. cat., Château de Versailles, 2021, pp. 48 and 132 (for a related example)