Lot 114
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CLAUDE LALANNE | "Williamsburg" Chair

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Claude Lalanne
  • "Williamsburg" Chair
  • inscribed CL, impressed LALANNE, and numbered 18A/100
  • patinated bronze
  • 32 ½ x 16 ½ x 16 ½ inches
  • circa 1984
number 18A from an edition of 100

Provenance

Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbour Islands, Florida
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1997

Literature

Bernard Fran, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1994, p. 50
Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1998, p. 56
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, Fragments, exh. cat., Galerie Enrico Navarra and JGM Galerie, Paris, 2000, p. 91 (for a detail of the chair)
Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, p. 327
Les Lalanne at Fairchild, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, Coral Gables, 2010, n.p.
Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, New York, 2012, n.p.

Condition

Overall in very good condition. Signs of oxidation throughout the patinated surface, largely concentrated to the outer edges and recessed areas of the design, consistent with age and natural evolution of the material. Minor abrasions and indentations throughout and inherent to production. When viewed straight on, the overall form tends to the right as is inherent in the production by the artist. A whimsical and rare piece that presents well overall.
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