Lot 18
  • 18

François-Xavier Lalanne

Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 EUR
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Description

  • François-Xavier Lalanne
  • Oiseau de jardin à bascule
  • signé et daté
  • acier poli et cuivré
  • 120 x 190 x 130 cm; 47 1/4 x 74 13/16 x 51 3/16 in.
  • Exécuté en 1974 dans une édition de deux exemplaires.

Provenance

Acquis directement auprès de l'artiste et transmis par descendance au propriétaire actuel

Exhibited

Paris, Les Arts Décoratifs, Les Lalanne, 2010; catalogue, pp.68-69, 74-75, illustré en couleurs (autre exemplaire)

Literature

Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, p.315, illustré
Robert Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, Genève, 1991, p.73, illustré en couleurs

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is mat in the original. The work is excellent condition. A few marks inherent to the artist's process are visible along the line.
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Catalogue Note

signed and dated; polished and coppered steel. Executed in 1974 in an edition of two examples.

Vues de l'Oiseau de jardin à bascule.

Oiseau de jardin à bascule dans l'exposition Les Lalanne, Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010. © Studio Bailhache.