Lot 182
  • 182

FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE | Oeuf

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • François-Xavier Lalanne
  • Oeuf
  • Monogrammed FXL, with the Manufacture de Sèvres marks and dated 86 on the inside
  • Height : 24 cm ; 9 1/2 in.
  • designed in 1964, executed in 1986
biscuit porcelain and maillechort ; with original box

Provenance

Private collection, Paris

Literature

Les Lalanne, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, October 1966, n.p
Sèvres, exhibition catalogue, Palais des Congrès, Parc Chanot, Marseille, March 29 - April 9, 1974, n. 35
John Russell, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1975, p. 39
Sèvres de 1850 à nos jours, exhibition catalogue, le Louvre des Antiquaires, February 4 – April 10, 1983, p. 54 
Robert Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, Geneva, 1991, p. 47
Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1998, pp. 88-89
Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 94-95 
Les Lalanne, exhibition catalogue, Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, March 17 – July 4, 2010, pp. 102 and 107
Les Lalanne, 50 years of work, 1964 – 2015, exhibition catalogue, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, March 26 – May 2, 2015, p. 30 
Patrick Favardin, Guy Bloch-Champfort, Les décorateurs des années 60-70, Paris, 2015, pp. 9 and 22

Condition

Good overall condition. There are a few oxidation marks on the maillechort and the biscuit presents with some surface soiling, all consistent with age and use.
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