'Structure Végétale' Candelabra, 1989-1990

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CLAUDE LALANNE (1925-2019)
'Structure Végétale' Candelabra, 1989-1990
gilt bronze, patinated galvanized copper
29 ½ x 20 ¼ x 20 ½ in. (74.9 x 51.4 x 52.1 cm)
monogrammed CL, stamped LALANNE, and numbered 1⁄6

Provenance

Private Collection, commissioned directly from the artist, 1989-1990
Christie’s, Paris, 19 May 2015, lot 63
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Fragments, exh. cat., Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris and JGM Galerie, Paris, 2000, pp. 25, 132
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York and Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, 2006, pp. 22-23, 48-49, 102-103
D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 280, 283
Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, pp. 94, 100, 102, 132
P. Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Art, Work, Life, New York, 2012, n.p.
A. Dannatt, ed., Les Lalanne: Fifty Years of Work 1964-2015, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2015, pp. 182-189, 193-196, 202-203
F.-M. Banier and J.-G. Mitterrand, Claude et François-Xavier Lalanne, vol. 1, Montreuil, 2018, pp. 24-25, 34-35
F.-M. Banier and J.-G. Mitterrand, Claude et François-Xavier Lalanne, vol. 2, Montreuil, 2018, pp. 36-37
A. Dannatt, François-Xavier & Claude Lalanne: In the Domain of Dreams, New York, 2018, pp. 58-59, 152-153, 244-246
K. Morris, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Nature Transformed, exh. cat. The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2021, p. 35
Les Lalanne à Trianon, exh. cat., Château de Versailles, Paris, 2021, pp. 103, 131
Les Lalannes: Zoophites, From the Collection of Caroline Hamisky, exh. cat, Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2024, pp. 62-65, 162-163, 171, 200
C. Philbin, ed., The Lalannes, exh. cat., Peter Marino Art Foundation, Southampton, 2024, pp. 126-129, 150

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Lot Essay

This candelabra was part of a special commission of 6 candelabras and 2 Artist Proofs. A slightly larger pair of this form was executed in 1990 for Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, as illustrated Les Lalanne, 2010, (op.cit.), p.100.

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