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

'MOUTONS DE LAINE', A SHEEP AND OTTOMAN, 1968

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FRANCOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
'MOUTONS DE LAINE', A SHEEP AND OTTOMAN, 1968
wool, patinated aluminum, wood
sheep: 35 in. (89 cm.) high, 20 in. (51 cm.) wide, 39 in. (99 cm.) deep;
ottoman: 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) high, 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide, 31 in. (78.8 cm.) deep
each stamped fXL 68
Provenance
Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York;
Bill Copley, New York;
Christie’s, New York, 10 November 1993, lot 126 ;
Private collection;
Christie’s, Paris, 12 December 2005, lot 34.
Literature
G. Glueck, 'New York Gallery Notes,' Art in America, May 1967, p. 113 for other sheep of this model;
G. de Bure, 'Intérieurs,' Le Mobilier Français 1965-1979, Paris, 1983, p. 52 for other sheep of this model;
D. Marchesseau, Les Lalannes, Paris, 1998, pp. 36 and 58-59 for other sheep of this model;
Exhibition catalogue, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2006, p. 90 for other sheep of this model;
D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 192-193, 303 for other sheep of this model;
Exhibition catalogue, Les Lalannes, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, pp. 40-41 for other sheep of this model.
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