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FRANCOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
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FRANCOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)

'L'ANE DE POMPADOUR' DESIGNED 1973

Closed10 June 2015

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FRANCOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
'L'ANE DE POMPADOUR' DESIGNED 1973
number one from an edition of eight, patinated bronze, leather, brass, horsehair
71 in. (180.4 cm.) high, 72 in. (182.9 cm.) wide, 18 in. (45.7 cm.) deep
signed fXL LALANNE 2000 1/8

Acquired directly from the artist;
Jean Gabriel Mitterand;
Private collection.

Specialist note

cf. D. Marchesseau, The Lalannes, Paris, 1998, p. 101 for an example from 1973;
D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, p. 127 for another example from 1973, p. 325 for a view of the exhibition at Château Musée de Nemours, Nemours, 1983, including a donkey of this model;
Exhibition catalogue, Les Lalanne, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, p. 80 for a donkey from the original edition shown in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs exhibition, pp. 86-87 for a donkey from the original edition.