Lot 139
  • 139

Claude Lalanne

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Claude Lalanne
  • "Main-Fenouil"
  • impressed LALANNE 2/25 86
  • patinated bronze
number two from an edition of twenty-five

Provenance

Marisa del Re Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988

Literature

Grace Gluck, "New York Gallery Notes," Art in America, May 1967 (for a related hand sculpture)
Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1998, p. 65
Catherine Loewer, ed., Claude et François-Xavier Lalanne:  Fragments, 2000, p. 107

Condition

Overall in excellent original condition, with some light surface dirt to the recessed portions of the design. A very rare small scale sculpture by the artist showing signature incorporation of human elements and foliate decoration.
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