Sale 5611
Paris
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8 - 9 December 2010
Price realised
EUR 79,000
Estimate
FRANCOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008) Tortue topiaire III signé des initiales, numéroté et porte le cachet de l'atelier 'fxl LALANNE EA 3/4' (sur la carapace au dessus de la tête) cuivre, inox et plantes 120 x 84 x 34 cm. (51 1/8 x 33 1/8 x 13 3/8 in.) Réalisée en 1992, cette oeuvre porte le numero EA trois d'une édition de huit exemplaires chacun lettré A à B et quatre epreuves d'artiste.
Provenance
Galerie JGM, Paris Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel
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Post Lot Text
'TORTUE TOPIAIRE III'; SIGNED WITH INITIALS, NUMBERED AND WITH THE ARTIST MARK ON THE TOP AND ON THE HEAD; COPPEL, INOX AND PLANTS.
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