Brebis (Le Transhumant)

Details

Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008)
Brebis (Le Transhumant)
signed with the artist's initials, numbered and stamped '41/500 - FXL Lalanne' (on the neck)
Epoxy stone and bronze
34 5/8 x 39 3/8 x 13in. (88 x 100 x 33cm.)
Executed in 1988, this work is number forty-one from an edition of five hundred

Provenance

Private Collection, United Kingdom.
Anon. sale, Christie's Paris, 27 May 2009, lot 25.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

D. Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris 1998 (another from the edition illustrated, pp. 57 & 115).

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Lot Essay

‘I wanted to do something very invasive, since if you present a small object, nobody sees it. You need to go with something slightly brazen and a bit embarrassing. If you come with a snail as big as a thumb, nobody notices you! I made a sheep and then decided that I definitely needed a herd. […] I had also lived in a land of sheep and knew the animals well. My father kept some. Also, sheep in a Parisian apartment is a bit like ‘bringing the countryside to Paris’. And it’s much easier to have a sculpture in an apartment than a real sheep. And it’s even better if you can sit on it.’
—FRANCOIS-XAVIER LALANNE

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