Claude Lalanne French, 1925-2019
Phoenix aux Choux Daybed, 1996
Gilt bronze in a stylized structure with cabbage leaf phoenixes, each individually cast and welded by Lalanne herself.
Height: 58.2 in. (148 cm.)
Length: 83.4 in. (212 cm.)
Depth: 53.5 in. (136 cm.)
Length: 83.4 in. (212 cm.)
Depth: 53.5 in. (136 cm.)
Signed with artist’s monogram and "Lalanne", numbered "1/1" and dated “96"
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Madame X
(a close personal friend of Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne.)
This work has been specifically designed for Madame X s’ winter garden in Fontainebleau.