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Property from an Important European Collection

Claude Lalanne

A Unique "Structure Végétale aux Oiseaux et Papillons" Chandelier

Auction Closed

December 10, 11:19 PM GMT

Estimate

800,000 - 1,200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important European Collection

Claude Lalanne

A Unique "Structure Végétale aux Oiseaux et Papillons" Chandelier


2008

gilt patinated bronze, galvanized copper

monogrammed CL, impressed LALANNE, numbered 1/1 and dated 2008

37 1/2 in. (95.2 cm) drop excluding removable arms

59 1/2 in. (151.1 cm) maximum diameter

Galerie Mitterand, Paris
Private Collection, Paris, 2011
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, Fragments, exh. cat., Galerie Enrico Navarra and JGM Galerie, Paris, 2000, p. 123 (for a related example)
François-Xavier & Claude Lalanne: Dreams for the Light of Day, Gerald Peters Gallery, exh. cat., New York, 2000, p. 60 (for a related example)
Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, p. 90 (for a related example)
Les Lalanne: Fifty years of work, 1964–2015, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2015, pp. 185-191 and 203 (for related examples)
Adrian Dannatt, François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne: In the Domain of Dreams, New York, 2018, pp. 157 and 244-247 (for related examples)