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Lot 104
  • 104

François-Xavier Lalanne

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 EUR
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Description

  • François-Xavier Lalanne
  • Mouton de laine, designed in 1965
  • wool, metal and wood
  • 89 x 93 x 41 cm ; 35 x 36  5/8  x 16  1/8  in.
wool, wood and patinated bronze
Branded Lalanne, monogrammed FXL, dated 2009, with the foundry mark Landowski Fondeur under the muzzle, branded Lalanne and monogrammed FXL on the underside

Provenance

Private collection, Paris

Literature

Jean Cau, "Les Lalanne", Vogue, April 1966, pp. 148-149
"La façon actuelle de voir les objets anciens", Connaissance des Arts, September 1970, p. 67
John Russell, Gilbert Brownstone et Blaise Gauthier, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1975, p. 10
Gilles de Bure, Intérieurs, Le Mobilier Français 1965-1979, Paris, 1983, p. 52
Robert Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, Geneva, 1991, pp. 57, 97 et 99
Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1998, pp. 33, 36, 58 et 59
Daniel Abadie, Les Lalannes(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 192 - 193
Les Lalanne, exhibition catalogue, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, March 17- July 4, 2010, pp. 40 - 41

Condition

FR : Bon état général. Infime usure de la patine sur les arêtes des parties en bronze La laine est légèrement encrassée, cohérent avec l'âge et l'utilisation. Elle se décolle légèrement au niveau de la tête. La tête du mouton bouge légèrement. Les parties métalliques sont en bronze et non en aluminium. EN : Good overall condition. Very minor wear to the patina on the edges of the bronze parts. The wool is slightly dirty, consistent with age and use. It is slightly lifting up on the head. The head is slightly moving. The metal parts are in bronze and not in aluminium.
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