Lot 215
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CLAUDE LALANNE | Pomme Bouche

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Lalanne
  • Pomme Bouche
  • Monogrammed CL, stamped LALANNE, numbered 178/250 and with manufacturer's mark ARTCURIAL on the underside
  • Height : 14 cm ; 5 1/2 in.
  • designed in 1980
gilt bronze

Provenance

Private collection, Paris

Literature

Robert Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, Geneva, 1991, p. 123
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, Fragments, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Enrico Navarra & JGM Galerie, Paris, April - May 2000, p. 67
Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, p. 64
Les Lalanne, 50 years of work, 1964 – 2015, exhibition catalogue, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, March 26 – May 2, 2015, p. 43

Condition

Good overall condition. There are instances of vert-de-gris on and below the leaves and a few vert-de-gris stains on the underside, as partially visible in the catalogue illustration. There is a circular oxidation mark under one leave, not visually distracting.
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