François-Xavier Lalanne

A Unique "Grains de Café" Console

Import Tariff

Auction Closed

April 22, 07:10 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

François-Xavier Lalanne

A Unique "Grains de Café" Console

circa 1970

stained beech, polished steel

29 ⅞ x 63 x 31 ¼ in. (75.9 x 160.0 x 79.4 cm)

Private Collection, commissioned directly from the artist, 1970

Christie's Paris, May 28, 2010, lot 247

Galerie du Passage, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owners, 2011

Kathleen Baird Murray, "Divine Provence: Inside Terry De Gunzburg’s Idyllic French Home," British Vogue, February 19, 2022 (for the present lot illustrated)

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