Lot 11
  • 11

Claude Lalanne

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description

  • Claude Lalanne
  • "Pomme"
  • top of stem impressed LALANNE and numbered 4/8A with artist's monogram
    apple impressed LALANNE/2007 and numbered 4/8A with artist's monogram
  • gilt bronze
number four from an edition of eight

Provenance

Galerie Guy Pieters, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Private Collection, Antwerp, Belgium
Sotheby's Paris, November 26, 2013, lot 117
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 144 and 150-151 (for related examples)
Les Lalanne on Park Avenue, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2009, n.p. (for a related example)
Les Lalanne at Fairchild, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, Coral Gables, 2010, n.p. (for a related example)
Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, pp. 35 and 114
Art at Fairchild, exh. cat., Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, 2010, p. 25 (for the same related example)
Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, New York, 2012, n.p. (for related examples)
Les Lalanne: Fifty Years of Work, 1964-2015, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2015, pp. 72, 81, 100, 119, 169 and 171-172 (for a related example)

Condition

Overall in very good original condition. The surfaces with a few very light surface scratches and very minor rubbing consistent with age and gentle use. A great example of Lalanne's work, taking inspiration from nature and surrealism.
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