Claude Lalanne

Pomme à deux bouches

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30,000 - 50,000 EUR

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33,600 EUR

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Description

Claude Lalanne

Pomme à deux bouches

Designed in 1970

Galvanized copper and brass

9.5 x 10.5 x 9 cm ; 3 ¾ x 4 ⅛ x 3 ½ in.

Private collection, Paris

Les Lalanne, exhibition catalogue, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 17 March - 4 July 2010, p. 125

Claude Lalanne confirmed the authenticity of this piece in the 2000s.

Claude Lalanne's Pomme à deux bouches is the perfect expression of the artist's surrealist spirit, where nature and the imaginary come together. Our intriguing sculpture reveals a secret once opened: inside, each half reveals the delicate molding of a mouth - in this case, Hélène Rochas and Kim d'Estainville, who kiss passionately once the work is closed. This fascinating game of forbidden fruit, so dear to René Magritte, offers a poetic work of love and mystery, typical of Claude Lalanne's universe.

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