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François-Xavier Lalanne

Unique Petit Rhinocéros Mécanique Condiment Holder

Estimate

180,000 - 250,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

François-Xavier Lalanne

1927 - 2008


Unique Petit Rhinocéros Mécanique Condiment Holder

with the original Saint-Gobain glassware set commissioned by the original owner, comprising two vinegar dispensers, one oil dispenser, one mustard pot, one salt shaker, two pots and two spouted vessels

patinated copper and Saint-Gobain glass

24 by 53 by 15.5 cm. 9½ by 20¾ by 6⅛ in.

Executed in 1976. This work is unique.

Acquired directly from François-Xavier Lalanne, 1979, special commission for Pauline Karpidas

Robert Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, Genève, 1991, p. 50

Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 234 (for a preparatory drawing) and 235

Adrian Dannatt, Francois-Xavier & Claude Lalanne In the Domain of Dreams, New York, 2018, p. 97