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Property from a prominent West Coast collection

Claude Lalanne

Large Crocodile bench

Estimate

1,000,000 - 1,500,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

Claude Lalanne


Large Crocodile bench


2015

Gilt patinated bronze

Monogrammed C.L., stamped LALANNE, dated 2015 and numbered EA 1/4 on one seat corner

44,5 x 208 x 48,5 cm ; 17 ½ x 81 ⅞ x 19 in.

Galerie Mitterrand, Paris

Jane Holzer collection, New York 

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Private collection, United States

For similar models:

Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exhibition catalogue, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Ben Brown Fine Arts, New York, London, 2006, n. p.

Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, p. 172-173

Les Lalanne, exhibition catalogue, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 17 March - 4 July 2010, p. 44, 52 and 133

Les Lalanne at Fairshild, exhibition catalogue, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, 30 November 2010 - 1 April 2011, n. p.

Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Art, Work, Life, New York, 2012, n. p.

Lalanne, exhibition catalogue, JGM. Galerie, Paris, March - April 2013, p. 20-22 and 69

Les Lalanne: Fifty Years of Work 1964-2015, exhibition catalogue, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 26 March - 2 May 2015, p. 90

Helen Chislett, “Ooh Lalanne”, Financial Times: How to Spend It, September 2016, cover page

Les Lalanne à Trianon, exhibition catalogue, Château de Versailles, Versailles, 19 June - 7 November 2021, p. 124