Claude Lalanne French, 1925-2019
Length: 21.2 in.
Depth: 21.2 in.
Further images
It was during a dinner party at Claude and Francois Lalannes’ home in Ury near Paris that Madame X, the couples friend and an early collector, fell in love with their candelabras. Created especially for Yves Saint-Laurent, they were destined to be placed in the music salon of her iconic 55 rue Babylone apartment. Claude Lalanne spent years on a series of fifteen spectacular mirrors for the famous commission and the candelabras were meant to bring the final touch to the ensemble. That pair, numbered 1/2 and 2/2 A, was the beginning of the edition, yet Lalanne only created three large models (92.5 cm high) during that time, including our example, formerly owned by Madame X, numbered 1/2 C.
Provenance
Madame X, a close personal friend of Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne.
Exhibitions
Les Lalanne, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris March 17th – July 4th, 2010; pair of candelabras from the Yves Saint-Laurent collection.
Literature
Abadie, Daniel, Lalanne(s), Ed. Flammarion 2008 p.280
Exhibition catalogue, Les Lalanne, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Ed. Les Arts Décoratifs, 2010, p.92-93, 100 and 102