Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

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François-Xavier Lalanne

Les Deux Grues

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

François-Xavier Lalanne

Les Deux Grues


1986

number 2A and 2B from an edition of 8 plus 4 artist's proofs

gilt bronze

each monogrammed fxl and respectively numbered 2/8 A and 2/8 B

i: 11 x 9 3/8 x 3 1/8 in. (27.9 x 23.8 x 8.1 cm)

ii: 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (31.1 x 23.4 x 9.6 cm) 

Acquired directly from the artist
François-Xavier & Claude Lalanne, Dreams for the Light of Day, exh. cat., Gerald Peters Gallery, New York and Santa Fe, 2000, p. 77
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, Fragments, exh. cat., Galerie Enrico Navarra and JGM Galerie, Paris 2000, p. 60
Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Art, Work, Life, New York, 2012, n.p. (for a related model)
Adrian Dannatt, Les Lalanne: Fifty Years of Work, 1964-2015, New York, 2015, p. 129
Adrian Dannatt, François-Xavier & Claude Lalanne: In the Domain of Dreams, New York, 2018, pp. 118 and 119