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François-Xavier Lalanne

Mouton de Laine

Auction Closed

April 22, 11:22 PM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 700,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

François-Xavier Lalanne

Mouton de Laine


designed circa 1965, executed 1977

patinated bronze, wool

monogrammed FXL and dated 77

34 ½ x 38 ¼ x 17 ¼ in. (87.6 x 97.1 x 43.8 cm)

Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired directly from the artist, circa 1977
Galerie Mitterrand, Paris
Acquired from the above, 2014
John Russell, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1975, p. 10
Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1998, pp. 36 and 58-59
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York and Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, 2006, p. 90
Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 192-193 and 299
Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, pp. 40-41
Adrian Dannatt, ed., Les Lalanne: Fifty Years of Work, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2015, pp. 30, 50 and 137
Adrian Dannatt, François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne: In the Domain of Dreams, New York, 2018, pp. 10-11, 90, 98, 101, 103-107, 149, 196 and 239