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François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008)

Lot 16
20.10.2022 13:00UTC +00:00
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€ 1 362 000
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ID 832075
Lot 16 | François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008)
Estimate value
€ 600 000 – 800 000
François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008)

'Singe attentif'

monogrammé 'FxL', marqué 'SI', numéroté '3/8A' et portant le cachet 'CIRE PERDUE CLEMENTI' (sur la base)

bronze doré

76 x 18 x 16,5 cm.

(2)Réalisé en 1999



monogrammed 'FxL', with the mark 'SI', numbered '3/8A' and with the stamp 'CIRE PERDUE CLEMENTI' (to the base)

gilt bronze

29 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.

Executed in 1999





Provenance

Collection particulière, France, acquis directement auprès de l’artiste.



Literature

D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Flammarion, Paris, 2008 (p. 342 pour le même modèle).

Les Lalanne, catalogue d'exposition, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 17 mars-4 juillet 2010 (p. 108, 112, 114 pour le même modèle).

Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, Skira Rizzoli, New York, 2012 (n. p. pour le même modèle).

Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, catalogue d’exposition, JGM. Galerie, Paris, mars-avril 2013 (p. 59, 64-65, 78 pour le même modèle).

A. Dannatt, François-Xavier & Claude Lalanne. In the domains of dreams, Rizzoli, New York, 2018, (p. 18 pour le même modèle).



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Post lot text

Ce lot sera vendu avec un dessin représentant un singe au miroir.

Alors qu'il n’est pas encore sculpteur, François-Xavier Lalanne accepte une place de gardien au Musée du Louvre au cours de l'hiver 1948-49. Pendant cette période, il fréquente tous les jours le département des antiquités orientales et plus particulièrement les œuvres venues d'Egypte, de Mésopotamie et de la Rome antique. Là, pendant de longues heures, son œil enregistre les formes, les courbes, la stylisation spécifique de cette sculpture et son esprit élabore les prémices de son futur vocabulaire plastique dont on retrouve dans ce Singe attentif toute les caractéristiques : une figure aux traits hiératiques, éclairée d’un sourire tranquille, comme celui de la statuette de Thot en Babouin réalisée vers 500 avant J. C. (inv. AF2350). Tout au long de sa carrière François-Xavier Lalanne explore de nombreuses variations autour du singe qu’il introduit dans l’univers domestique, tantôt luminaire, table ou sculpture, comme pour ce très bel exemplaire.

This lot will be sold with a drawing of a monkey with a mirror.

While not yet a sculptor, François-Xavier Lalanne accepted a position as a guard at the Louvre Museum during the winter of 1948-49. During this period, he visited the Oriental Antiquities Department every day, especially the works from Egypt, Mesopotamia and ancient Rome. There, for long hours, his eye registered the shapes, curves, and specific stylization of this sculpture, and his mind worked out the beginnings of his future plastic vocabulary, which we find in this Singe attentif : a figure with hieratic features, illuminated by a quiet smile, like that of the statuette of Thoth as a Baboon, made around 500 BC (inv. AF2350). Throughout his career, François-Xavier Lalanne explored numerous variations on the monkey, which he introduced into the domestic world, whether as a light fixture, a table or a sculpture, as in this very fine example.
Artist:François-Xavier Lalanne (1927 - 2008)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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