Property from The Schlumberger Collection
François-Xavier Lalanne
Hippopotame Bar, pièce unique
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Estimate
7,000,000 - 10,000,000 USD
Bid
5,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
François-Xavier Lalanne
Hippopotame Bar, pièce unique
1976
copper, maillechort, stainless steel, brass, painted wood
stamped FXL / 76 / URY
41 ½ x 74 ¾ x 26 ¼ in. (105 x 190 x 68 cm)
Offered together with the Schlumberger Family's commission archive on this work, comprising copies of the original commission documentation and two original design renderings by the artist:
i.
François-Xavier Lalanne
“Hippopotame”
ink and gouache on paper
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm), framed
ii.
François-Xavier Lalanne
“Hippopotame”
graphite and gouache on paper
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm), framed
Collection of Anne Schlumberger, Houston, Texas, commissioned directly from the artist, 1977
Thence by descent to the present owners
For the later edition of the Hippopatame Bar cast in bronze:
Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalannes, Paris, 1998, inside cover, p. 86
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York and Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, 2006, pp. 82-83
Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 110-111
Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Art, Work, Life, New York, 2012, n.p.
Adrian Dannatt, ed., Les Lalanne: Fifty Years of Work 1964-2015, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2015, p. 72
Adrian Dannatt, François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne: In the Domain of Dreams, New York, 2018, pp. 70-73
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