Lot Essay
Christie's would like to thank the Lalanne studio for their assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
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'Les Oies', designed 1991
Details
FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
'Les Oies', designed 1991
hors commerce numbers 4 A, 4 B and 4 C from 4 hors commerce A to C, an edition of 8 A to C and 4 artist's proofs A to C
patinated bronze
38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high, the tallest
each with the artist’s monogram FXL and impressed bocquel Fd, respectively HC 4/4A, HC 4/4B, HC 4/4 C
'Les Oies', designed 1991
hors commerce numbers 4 A, 4 B and 4 C from 4 hors commerce A to C, an edition of 8 A to C and 4 artist's proofs A to C
patinated bronze
38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high, the tallest
each with the artist’s monogram FXL and impressed bocquel Fd, respectively HC 4/4A, HC 4/4B, HC 4/4 C
Provenance
Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1997
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1997
Literature
D. Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1998, p. 112 for a related model
D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 336-337 for a drawing of this model and other examples
D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 336-337 for a drawing of this model and other examples
Special notice
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Christie's would like to thank the Lalanne studio for their assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.