Design

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Lot 150
  • 150

François-Xavier Lalanne

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 EUR
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Description

  • François-Xavier Lalanne
  • Brochet, 1973
  • Monogrammed FxL and numbered 28/50 on a fin
  • metal and wild cherry (Prunus avium)
  • 23 x 97,5 x 14 cm ; 9 x 38  1/2  x 5  1/2  in.
patinated sheet copper, with three drawers in Wild cherry on the inside

Provenance

Collection Putman, Paris
Private collection, Paris

Literature

Les Lalanne, exhibition catalogue, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, June 15 - July 13, 1975, p. 34
Les Lalanne
, exhibition catalogue, Christian Fayt Art Gallery, Knokke, August 11-September 16, 1984, n. 5
Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 1998, pp. 98-99

Condition

Good overall condition. Some surface scratches scattered with a few slightly more significant. Light wear to the patina along the edges. Light oxidation of the patina with a few spots of vert-de-gris consistent with age and use. Some light surface soiling with a few stains, most of them visible in the catalogue illustration. The wood is in good overall condition with a few small scratches at the top and the bottom.
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