Live Auction 2492Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design
FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
Lot 303 Property from the Tateshina Open Air Museum, Japan

FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)

'MOUTON DE PIERRE' A GROUP OF TEN PAINTED EPOXY STONE AND PATINATED BRONZE SHEEP, DESIGNED CIRCA 1979

Closed17 December 2011

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FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
'Mouton de Pierre' A Group of Ten Painted Epoxy Stone and Patinated Bronze Sheep, designed circa 1979
each 33½ in. (85 cm.) high, 13 in. (33 cm.) wide, 37 in. (94 cm.) deep
each piece signed FxL Lalanne and stamped with edition number 59/250, 60/250, 86/250, 87/250, 96/250, 99/250, 100/250, 101/250, 102/250, 106/250 respectively (10)

Specialist note

cf. D. Marchesseau, The Lalannes, Paris, 1998, pp. 36-37 for examples of other sheep.
Exhibition catalogue, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2006, pp. 2-3 for examples of other sheep.