Claude Lalanne, Unique "Hosta et Oiseau" Mirror

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December 12, 06:50 PM GMT

Estimate

800,000 - 1,200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Timeless Nature: Property from a Private New York Collection

Claude Lalanne

Unique "Hosta et Oiseau" Mirror

1994

impressed LALANNE, monogrammed CL, dated 94, and numbered 1/1

gold patinated bronze, galvanized copper, mirrored glass

51 x 38 x 4 ½ inches (129.5 x 96.5 x 11.4 cm)

J.G.M. Galerie, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994

John Russell, Les Lalannes, Paris, 1975, p. 42 (for related examples)

Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1998, pp. 138-139 (for related examples in the Salon des Miroirs for the apartment of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, Paris)

Reed Krakoff, Ben Brown and Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York and Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, 2006, pp. 22-23 (for related examples in the Salon des Miroirs for the apartment of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, Paris)

Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, pp. 94-96 (for related examples)

Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Art. Work. Life., New York, 2012, n.p. (for a related example)

Kathleen M. Morris, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Nature Transformed, exh. cat., Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2021, p. 35 (for related examples in the Salon des Miroirs for the apartment of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, Paris)