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Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008)
Lot 192 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD AND LADY JACOBS

Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008)

Chouette de Tourtour (Owl of Tourtour)

Closed1 July 2015

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GBP 92,500

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Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008)
Chouette de Tourtour (Owl of Tourtour)
incised with artist's initials and number '6/8 fxl' (to the lower right foot); incised 'bocquel fd' (on the tail feather)
bronze
31½ x 15 7/8 x 15¾in. (80 x 40.4 x 40cm.)
Executed in 1992, this work is number six from an edition of eight

Specialist note

‘Art may be when a completely inert material such a piece of bronze, plaster or stone acquires an independent life, equivalent to that of an animal. When a dog looks at you, it's not just a piece of fabric, there is the presence of life, an intelligence. [...] A piece of metal in itself is only metal. But if, suddenly, through the shape we give it, it acquires a life, perhaps a life is too strong a word, a presence’ (D. Lalanne, quoted in Vogue, October 1985).