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Property from an Esteemed American Collection
FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
Unique 'Grande Carpe' Bar, 1972
Details
FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
Unique 'Grande Carpe' Bar, 1972
patinated sheet iron, nickel silver, painted wood
52 ½ x 127 ½ x 25 in. (133.4 x 324 x 63.5 cm) (closed)
52 ½ x 127 ½ x 69 ½ in. (133.4 x 324 x 176.5 cm) (open)
Unique 'Grande Carpe' Bar, 1972
patinated sheet iron, nickel silver, painted wood
52 ½ x 127 ½ x 25 in. (133.4 x 324 x 63.5 cm) (closed)
52 ½ x 127 ½ x 69 ½ in. (133.4 x 324 x 176.5 cm) (open)
Provenance
Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, 1972.
Maria "São" Schlumberger, Paris.
Thence by descent.
Sotheby's, New York, 11 November 2014, lot 22.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Maria "São" Schlumberger, Paris.
Thence by descent.
Sotheby's, New York, 11 November 2014, lot 22.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
R. Rosenblum, Les Lalannes, exh. cat., Château de Chenonceau, Geneva, 1991, pp. 44 (present lot illustrated), 137 (present lot mentioned).
B. Colacello, "Oh So São!," Vanity Fair, 1 October 1993 (for a discussion of the present lot in São Schlumberger's Paris apartment)
D. Marchesseau, The Lalannes, Paris, 1998, p. 40 (present lot illustrated), 41 (present lot mentioned), 103 (present lot illustrated).
J.-L. Gaillemin, André Dubreuil: Poète du fer, Paris, 2006, p. 141, no. 86 (present lot illustrated).
D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 106 (present lot illustrated), 107 (for a drawing), 108-109 (present lot illustrated), 310 (for a discussion of the present lot), 311 (present lot illustrated).
Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, p. 139 (for a discussion of the present lot).
B. Colacello, "The Wow of São," Vanity Fair, October 2010 (for a discussion of the present lot in São Schlumberger's Paris apartment)
F.-M. Banier and J.-G. Mitterrand, Claude et François-Xavier Lalanne, vol. 3, Montreuil, 2018, pp. 4-5 (present lot illustrated).
K. Morris, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Nature Transformed, exh. cat. The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2021, p. 86 (present lot mentioned).
B. Colacello, "Oh So São!," Vanity Fair, 1 October 1993 (for a discussion of the present lot in São Schlumberger's Paris apartment)
D. Marchesseau, The Lalannes, Paris, 1998, p. 40 (present lot illustrated), 41 (present lot mentioned), 103 (present lot illustrated).
J.-L. Gaillemin, André Dubreuil: Poète du fer, Paris, 2006, p. 141, no. 86 (present lot illustrated).
D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 106 (present lot illustrated), 107 (for a drawing), 108-109 (present lot illustrated), 310 (for a discussion of the present lot), 311 (present lot illustrated).
Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, p. 139 (for a discussion of the present lot).
B. Colacello, "The Wow of São," Vanity Fair, October 2010 (for a discussion of the present lot in São Schlumberger's Paris apartment)
F.-M. Banier and J.-G. Mitterrand, Claude et François-Xavier Lalanne, vol. 3, Montreuil, 2018, pp. 4-5 (present lot illustrated).
K. Morris, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Nature Transformed, exh. cat. The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2021, p. 86 (present lot mentioned).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Dessins: Claude et François-Xavier Lalanne, June-July 1972, n.p. (for a drawing of the present lot).
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Les Lalanne, June-July 1975, pp. 32-33, 34 (present lot illustrated).
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Les Lalanne, June-July 1975, pp. 32-33, 34 (present lot illustrated).
Further Details
Lot Images: Photography Jason Thomas Geering. Creative Direction: At Large.
For the archival imagery of the present lot outside of the artist's studio in Ury, France, 1972:
(Black and white image) Photography Serge Bailhache. Les Lalanne © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
(Color image) Photography Jean-Philippe Lalanne. Les Lalanne © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
For the archival image of the artist with the present lot: © Marc Simon/Apis/Gygma/Corbis. Les Lalanne © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
For the archival imagery of the present lot outside of the artist's studio in Ury, France, 1972:
(Black and white image) Photography Serge Bailhache. Les Lalanne © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
(Color image) Photography Jean-Philippe Lalanne. Les Lalanne © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
For the archival image of the artist with the present lot: © Marc Simon/Apis/Gygma/Corbis. Les Lalanne © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
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