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

‘Moutons de Laine’, A Sheep and Two Ottomans, 1975

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FRAN?OIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927–2008)
‘Moutons de Laine’, A Sheep and Two Ottomans, 1975
wool, patinated aluminum, plywood
sheep: 35 in. (89 cm) high, 19 in. (48.3 cm.) wide, 36 ½ in. (92.7 cm.) deep
each ottoman: 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) high, 19 in. (48.3 cm.) wide, 31 in. (78.7 cm.) deep
each impressed faintly FXL to the underside
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1975.
Literature
For these sheep:
J. Loring, 'Chicago's North Shore: New York Designer's Imaginative Blend of Periods', Architectural Digest, April 1978, pp. 68-69.

For other examples of these models:
G. Glueck, 'New York Gallery Notes,' Art in America, May 1967, p. 113;
G. de Bure, 'Intérieurs,' Le Mobilier Français 1965-1979, Paris, 1983, p. 52;
D. Marchesseau, Les Lalannes, Paris, 1998, pp. 36, 58-59;
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exhibition catalogue, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2006, p. 90;
D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 192-193, 303;
Les Lalannes, exhibition catalogue, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, pp. 40-41.

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