Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

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Property from a Distinguished Private Collector

Claude Lalanne

Pair of “Ginkgo” Chairs

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collector

Claude Lalanne

Pair of “Ginkgo” Chairs


designed circa 1996, executed 2009

artist's proofs number 1E and 1F from an edition of 8 plus 4 artist's proofs

gilt bronze

each impressed LALANNE, monogrammed CL, dated 2009 and respectively numbered 1/4 E and 1/4 F

30 1/4 x 22 7/8 x 21 in. (76.8 x 57.9 x 53.3 cm) each

Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2015
Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1998, pp. 130-131
Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 266-267
François-Xavier & Claude Lalanne: Dreams for the Light of Day, exh. cat., Gerald Peters Gallery, New York and Santa Fe, 2000, p. 51
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York and Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, 2006, p. 95
Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, New York, 2012, n.p.
Adrian Dannatt, François-Xavier et Claude Lalanne, In the Domain of Dreams, New York, 2018, pp. 23, 167-169, 217, 222-223, 239 and 249