Important Design

François-Xavier Lalanne

La Grande Ourse

Artist's Resale RightReduced VAT appliesMonumental Item

Estimate

2,000,000 - 3,000,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

François-Xavier Lalanne

La Grande Ourse

2001

Patinated bronze

Monogrammed FxL, numbered 6/8 on one foot and with the foundry's mark bocquel fd on the other one

214 x 98 x 98 cm ; 84 ¼ x 38 ⅝ x 38 ⅝ in.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 2005

Private collection, Seoul

Daniel Marchesseau, The Lalannes, Paris, 1998, p. 137

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.

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