FRANCOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)

'TORTUE TOPIAIRE III' A COPPER TURTLE TOPIARY, CIRCA 1988

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$52,500 (Set Currency)

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$20,000 - $30,000

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Sale 2182 —
Important 20th Century Decorative Art and Design
2 June 2009
New York, Rockefeller Plaza

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FRANCOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
'Tortue Topiaire III' A Copper Turtle Topiary, circa 1988
number 7 from the edition of 8 pairs of turtles plus 4 pairs of artist's proofs
13 in. (33 cm.) high, 36 in. (91.5 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.4 cm.) deep
marked FXL Lalanne 7/8 A

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Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe.

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cf. D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, p. 176 for other Tortues Topiarires, p. 180 for an image of François-Xavier Lalanne planting on a 'Turtue Topiaire'.

Paul Kasmin Gallery, exhibition catalogue, Claude & François Lalanne, New York, November 2006 - January 2007, p. 73 for another turtle topiary.

D. Marchessau, The Lalannes, Paris, 1998, p. 108 for another turtle topiary.

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