Lot 447
  • 447

Claude Lalanne

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Claude Lalanne
  • Pomme Bouche
  • impressed 174/250 LALANNE ARTCURIAL with artist's monogram
  • gilt bronze
  • 5 3/4  in. (14.6 cm) high
number 174 from an edition of 250

Literature

John Russell, Les Lalannes, Paris, 1975, front cover and p. 58 (for related forms)
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Fragments
, exh. cat., Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris and JGM Galerie, Paris, 2000, p. 67
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York and Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, 2006, pp. 71 (for a related form) and 109
Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 64-67 (for related forms)
Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, p. 234 (for a related form)
Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, New York, 2012, n.p. (for related forms)
Les Lalanne: Fifty Years of Work, 1964-2015, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2015, pp. 16 (for a related form) and 43

Condition

Overall very good condition. The bronze presents with bright, lustrous gilding with some scattered extremely minor discolorations consistent with age. The proper left side with a circular discoloration measuring approximately 1/2 inch in diameter where the chin turns under, not visible when the apple is upright. A whimsical small-scale sculpture that epitomizes the artist's imaginative aesthetic.
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Catalogue Note

This lot is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from Claude Lalanne and Artcurial.