François-Xavier Lalanne

Kunsthandlung Osper, Köln

Acquired from the above by the present owner in the late 90s

Private collection, Germany 

Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1998, p. 37

Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, p. 188

Les Lalanne at Fairchild, exhibition catalogue, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Coral Gables, 2010, n.p.

Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, Art, Work, Life, New York, 2012, p. 79 and 178

Adrian Dannatt, François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne: In the Domain of Dreams, New York, 2018, p. 67, 180-181, 192

Les Lalanne à Trianon, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Mitterand, 19 June - 7 November 2021, Paris, 2021, cover page, p. 86-87, p.96-97

After his first moutons de laine in 1965 and his moutons de pierre in 1979, François-Xavier Lalanne created a new series called Nouveaux moutons in 1997. A ram, a ewe and a lamb came to light under the sculptor's nimble eye.

This new series marked an important step in the development of his work.

The purity of the line is pushed to the limit, creating a striking realism while retaining the playfulness that is so dear to the artist.

This series, presented for the first time at Les Lalanne à Bagatelle exhibition in 1998, immediately attracted the attention of the public and the critics. The Bagatelle park, was transformed for the occasion into a surrealist meadow and became the setting for a magical encounter between art and nature.