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Claude Lalanne

A Unique "Végétal" Mirror

Auction Closed

December 10, 11:19 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Claude Lalanne

A Unique "Végétal" Mirror


2010

gilt bronze, galvanized copper, mirrored glass

incised CL, impressed LALANNE, numbered 1/1 and dated 2010

69 3/4 x 52 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (177.1 x 133.3 x 10.7 cm)

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1998, pp. 138-139 (for related examples in the Salon des Miroirs for the apartment of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, Paris)
Reed Krakoff, Ben Brown and Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York and Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, 2006, p. 47 (for a related example)
Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, p. 96 (for related examples from the apartment of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, Paris)
Adrien Dannatt, Les Lalanne, Fifty Years of Work, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2015, p. 68 (for related examples in the Salon des Miroirs for the apartment of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, Paris)
Adrian Dannatt, François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne: In the Domain of Dreams, New York, 2018, pp. 152-155 (for related examples in the Salon des Miroirs for the apartment of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, Paris) and 266 (for the present lot illustrated)