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Claude Lalanne
Le Cabinet papillons (The butterfly cabinet), c. 1964
Cabinet: copper; Jewelry: bronze, brass, gilded silver, gold
11 x 12 1/2 (doors open) x 5 13/16 in. (28 x 31.8 x 14.8 cm)
Private collection
François-Xavier Lalanne
Grand Rhinocéros V (Large rhinoceros V), 1988/1991
Patinated welded copper
49 5/8 x 100 3/8 x 28 3/8 in. (closed) (126 x 262.6 x 72.1 cm)
Private collection
Claude Lalanne
Choupatte (Cabbagefeet), 2017
Galvanized copper
4 1/2 x 4 7/8 x 4 in. (11.4 x 12.4 x 10.4 cm)
Private collection
François-Xavier Lalanne
Moutons de laine (Woolen sheep), 1968–71
1 black sheep, 1 white sheep, 5 ottomans: 1968
2 ottomans: 1969
1 white sheep: 1971
Patinated bronze, wool, aluminum, wood
Sheep: 35 x 36 1/2 x 19 in. (88.9 x 92.7 x 48.3 cm) each
Ottomans: 21 1/4 x 31 x 18 in. (54 x 78.7 x 45.7 cm) each
Private collection
Claude Lalanne
Couverts de Iolas (Cutlery for Iolas), undated, based on 1966 design
9-piece place setting
Sterling silver, steel blades
Soup spoon: 8 3/8 × 2 1/8 in. (21.3 cm l × 5.4 cm w)
Dinner fork: 8 ¼ × 2 in. (21 cm l × 5.1 cm w)
Dinner knife: 9 ½ × 1 1/8 in. (24.1 cm l × 2.9 cm w)
Dessert spoon: 7 7/8 × 2 in. (20 cm l × 5.1 cm w)
Dessert fork: 7 3/8 × 1 5/8 in. (18.7 cm l × 4.1 cm w)
Dessert knife: 7 3/8 × 1 ¼ in. (18.8 cm l × 3.2 cm w)
Fish fork: 8 3/8 × 1 5/8 in. (21.3 cm l × 4.1 cm w)
Fish knife: 8 3/8 × 1 3/8 in.(21.3 cm l × 3.5 cm w)
Small spoon: 4 3/8 × ½ in. (11.1 cm l × 1.3 cm w)
Various editions
Private collection
Claude Lalanne
Pomme Bouche d’Alan (Alan’s apple mouth), 2009/2010
Bronze, galvanized copper
4 ¼ x 4 3/8 x 4 ¾ in (10.8 x 11.1 x 12.1 cm)
Edition of 100, #36/100
Laura and Stafford Broumand Collection
François-Xavier Lalanne
Lapin à vent (Wind rabbit), 1994/2004
Gilt patinated bronze, ball bearings
70 7/8 x 100 3/8 x 18 1/2 in. (180 x 255 x 47 cm)
Edition of 8 plus 4 artist proofs, #7/8
Private collection
François-Xavier Lalanne
La Sauterelle (The grasshopper), 1970
Porcelain, polished brass, steel
Closed: 25 7/8 x 68 3/4 x 33 1/2 in. (65.7 x 174.6 x 85.1 cm)
Edition of 2, unnumbered
Ben Brown Fine Arts, London and Hong Kong
Claude Lalanne
Crocodile II, 1987/2005
Patinated bronze, galvanized copper, crocodile-skin upholstered cushion
34 x 32 ½ x 25 in. (86.4 x 82.6 x 63.5)
Edition of 8 plus 4 artist proofs, #6/8 B
Private collection
François-Xavier Lalanne
Grande Carpe (Large carp), 1996/2001
Bronze
29 15/16 x 56 5/16 x 12 5/8 in. (76 x 143 x 32 cm)
Edition of 8 plus 4 artist proofs, #7/8
Private collection
François-Xavier Lalanne
Très grande Carpe (Very large carp), 2000
Gilt bronze
52 x 98 ¾ x 23 in (132.1 x 250.8 x 58.4 cm)
Edition of 8, #1/8
Private collection
Claude Lalanne
La Dormeuse (The sleeping woman), 2004
Bronze, galvanized copper
11 13/16 x 15 3/8 x 11 13/16 in. (30 x 39 x 30 cm)
Private collection
François-Xavier Lalanne
Le Métaphore (Canard bateau) (The metaphor [duck boat]), 2002
Copper-manganese alloy
12 x 21 x 6 1/2 in. (30.5 x 53.3 x 16.5 cm)
Edition of 8 plus 4 artist proofs, #6/8
Private Collection
François-Xavier Lalanne
Petit Rhinocéros mécanique (Small mechanical rhinoceros), 1976/1983
Copper
9 13/16 x 21 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. (25 x 55 x 14 cm)
Edition of 6 plus 2 artist proofs plus 2 hors commerce, #5/6
Galerie Lefebvre, Paris
François-Xavier Lalanne
Mouflon de Pauline (Pauline’s mouflon), 1993/2007
Patinated bronze, leather, wood, brass, with red-painted interior
50 1/2 x 49 1/4 x 19 1/8 in. (128.3 x 125.1 x 48.6 cm)
Edition of 8 plus 4 artist proofs, #8/8
Private collection
François-Xavier Lalanne
Histoires naturelles, Héron (Natural histories, heron), 2006/2010
Bronze, glass
13 x 29 15/16 x 18 7/8 in. (33 x 76 x 48 cm)
Edition of 8 plus 4 artist proofs, #3/8
Private collection
François-Xavier Lalanne
Génie de Bellerive sur pylône (Genius of Bellerive on pylon), 2007/2015
Bronze
139 x 23 ½ x 23 ½ in (353.1 x 59.7 x 59.7 cm)
Edition of 8 plus 4 artist proofs, #5/8
Norton Museum of Art, gift of Jane B. Holzer in honor of her parents Helen and Carl Brukenfeld, 2016.248
Claude Lalanne
Très grand Choupatte (Very large cabbagefeet), 2008/2012
Patinated bronze
46 x 53 1/8 x 53 1/8 in. (117 x 135 x 135 cm)
Edition of 8 plus 4 artist proofs, #7/8
Private collection
Claude Lalanne and François-Xavier Lalanne
Singe aux Nénuphars (Monkey with lilies), 2007/2008
Bronze
19 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (50 x 54 cm) diameter
Edition of 8 plus 4 artist proofs, #7/8 A
Brian McCarthy and Daniel Sager
Claude Lalanne
Les Berces adossées (The hogweed back-to-back), 2015
Bronze
42 1/8 x 96 x 29 7/8 in (107 x 244 x 76 cm)
Edition of 8 + 4 AP, #1/1 M (model, version A)
Private collection
Claude Lalanne
Banc s’asseoir en forêt (Bench sitting in forest), 2017
Bronze
32 5/16 x 61 x 34 1/4 in. (82 x 155 x 87 cm)
Private collection