Important Design

Claude Lalanne

Crocodile bench

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May 20, 12:30 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 EUR

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Description

Claude Lalanne

Crocodile bench

2016

Gilt patinated bronze

Monogrammed C.L., stamped LALANNE, dated 2016 and numbered 6/8 A on a seat mount

45 x 210 x 55 cm ; 17 ¾ x 82 ⅝ x 21 ⅝ in.

Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, Ury

Thence by descent to the present owner

For a similar model :

Les Lalanne à Trianon, exhibition catalogue, Château de Versailles, 19 June - 7 November 2021, p. 48 and 132

For a larger version of this model :

Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exhibition catalogue, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Londres, New York, 16 November 2006 - 13 January 2007, n. p.

Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, p. 172-173

Les Lalanne, exhibition catalogue, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 17 March - 4 July 2010, p. 44, 52 and 133

Les Lalanne at Fairchild, exhibition catalogue, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 3 November 2010 – 31 May 2011, n. p.

Lalanne, exhibition catalogue, JGM. Galerie, Paris, March - April 2013, p. 20-22 and 69

Helen Chislett, “Ooh Lalanne”, Financial Times: How to Spend It, London, September 2016, on cover

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