Sale 2492 / Lot 303

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FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)

'MOUTON DE PIERRE' A GROUP OF TEN PAINTED EPOXY STONE AND PATINATED BRONZE SHEEP, DESIGNED CIRCA 1979

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Estimate

$600,000 - $900,000

Sale Information

Sale 2492
Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design
17 December 2011
New York, Rockefeller Plaza

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Lot Description

FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
'Mouton de Pierre' A Group of Ten Painted Epoxy Stone and Patinated Bronze Sheep, designed circa 1979
each 33½ in. (85 cm.) high, 13 in. (33 cm.) wide, 37 in. (94 cm.) deep
each piece signed FxL Lalanne and stamped with edition number 59/250, 60/250, 86/250, 87/250, 96/250, 99/250, 100/250, 101/250, 102/250, 106/250 respectively (10)

Pre-Lot Text

Property from the Tateshina Open Air Museum, Japan

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Lot Notes

cf. D. Marchesseau, The Lalannes, Paris, 1998, pp. 36-37 for examples of other sheep.
Exhibition catalogue, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2006, pp. 2-3 for examples of other sheep.

Department Information
20th Century Decorative Art & Design

Artist/Maker/Author Information
Francois-Xavier Lalanne

Lots in this Sale

MAX INGRAND (1908-1969) FOR FONTANA
A PAIR OF GLASS AND BRASS 'MICRO' SCONCES, CIRCA 1962
Pr. $8,750
GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
A PAIR OF PEARWOOD AND BRASS WALL-MOUNTED CABINETS, CIRCA 1953
Pr. $32,500
ANGELO LELLI FOR ARREDOLUCE
A BRASS, ENAMELED ALUMINIUM AND PLASTIC CEILING LIGHT, CIRCA 1950
Pr. $33,750
ADO CHALE (b. 1928)
A MALACHITE, RESIN AND LACQUERED STEEL GUÈRIDON, CIRCA 1970
Pr. $12,500
MAX INGRAND (1908-1969) FOR FONTANA
AN ILLUMINATED ETCHED GLASS MIRROR, CIRCA 1958
Pr. $37,500
JEAN BESNARD (1889-1958)
A GLAZED CERAMIC VASE, 1926
Pr. $6,000
GUY DE ROUGEMONT (b. 1935)
'NUAGE' A BRASS AND PLEXIGLAS LOW TABLE WITH LIGHTING SYSTEM, CIRCA 1971
Pr. $200,500
FRANZ HAGENAUER (1906-1986)
A NICKELED-METAL FIGURE OF A FEMALE TORSO, CIRCA 1950S
Pr. $21,250
FRANZ HAGENAUER (1906-1986)
A PAIR OF NICKELED-METAL HEADS, CIRCA 1950S
Pr. $43,750
FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
'BREBIS' AN EPOXY STONE AND PATINATED BRONZE LAMB FROM THE SERIES 'NOUVEAUX MOUTONS,' 1997
Pr. $122,500
FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
'OISEAU DE JARDIN III A' A PATINATED BRONZE BIRD, 2004
Pr. $170,500
FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
'MOUTON DE PIERRE' A GROUP OF TEN PAINTED EPOXY STONE AND PATINATED BRONZE SHEEP, DESIGNED CIRCA 1979
Pr. $7,474,500
ANDRE DUBREUIL (b. 1951)
'SUNBURST' A PAIR OF IRON, COPPER AND GLASS SCONCES, CIRCA 1986
Pr. $7,500
JOHN DICKINSON (1920-1982)
A THREE-LEGGED PAINTED PLASTER SIDE TABLE, 1970S
Pr. $30,000
PHILIP JOHNSON (1906-2005) AND RICHARD
A FOUR-LEGGED BRASS AND ENAMELED ALUMINUM FLOOR LAMP, DESIGNED 1953
Pr. $7,500
GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
A WALNUT AND PANDANUS CLOTH CABINET, 1959
Pr. $32,500
GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
A WALNUT DINING TABLE WITH TEN 'CONOID' WALNUT DINING CHAIRS, 1971
Pr. $74,500
GEORGE NAKASHIMA (1905-1990)
A BURL OAK AND WALNUT 'MINGUREN' SIDE TABLE, CIRCA 1974
Pr. $35,000
JOHN DICKINSON (1920-1982)
AN X-FRAME PAINTED PLASTER SIDE TABLE, 1970S
Pr. $18,750
HANS COPER (1920-1981)
A GLAZED STONEWARE VASE, CIRCA 1970
Pr. $22,500
HANS COPER (1920-1981)
'CYCLADIC' A GLAZED STONEWARE SCULPTURE, CIRCA 1966
Pr. $32,500
WILLIAM HARPER (b. 1944)
'TALISMANIC BEADS #1' A SILVER, GOLD CLOISSONNÉ ENAMEL, GOLD, EBONY, IVORY, BONE AND AMBER NECKLACE, 1975
Pr. $17,500