Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

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Property from an Important European Collection

Claude Lalanne

Pair of "Ginkgo" Chairs

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important European Collection

Claude Lalanne

Pair of "Ginkgo" Chairs


2005

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

executed by Figini Fondeur

aluminum

each impressed LALANNE, monogrammed CL, dated 2005 and respectively numbered EA 2/4 A and EA 2/4 B; one chair twice impressed with the foundry mark

31 x 23 x 21 1/4 in. (78.7 x 58.4 x 53.9 cm) each

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1998, pp. 130-131 (for the model in gilt bronze)
Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 266-267 (for a maquette of the model in copper)
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York and Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, 2006, p. 95 (for the model in gilt bronze)
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 (for the model in gilt bronze)