Gorille Consolé, 2014

Details

FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
Gorille Consolé, 2014
gilt bronze
33 7/8 x 72 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. (86 x 185 x 52.7 cm)
monogrammed FXL, stamped LALANNE, dated 2014 and numbered 7/8

Literature

D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, p. 350 (for a reference to this model)
P. Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Art, Work, Life, New York, 2012, n.p.

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Lot Essay

"Gorille Consolé: A gorilla with a double meaning - gorillas are said to be inconsolable over being not quite human. This one is somewhat consoled by his usefulness as a console table. One might say a console consoles an inconsolable gorilla...and so on." - Francois-Xavier Lalanne and Igor Agisheff, April 4, 2008, Ury, France

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