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Jungle Boogie
Past exhibition
1 November 2021 - 31 March 2022
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Francois-Xavier Lalanne Tortue Topiaire I
Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Tortue Topiaire I, 1987
Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Tortue Topiaire I, 1987
Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Tortue Topiaire I, 1987
Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Tortue Topiaire I, 1987
Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Tortue Topiaire I, 1987

Francois-Xavier Lalanne French, 1927-2008

Tortue Topiaire I, 1987
hand hammered copper, with original patina.
equipped with a topiary compartment currently holding live sempervivum plants.
Height: 16.9 in.
Length: 35 in.
Width: 16.9 in.
Signed “FXL” & "Lalanne” and numbered */8 under the tail.

Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ), currently selected., currently selected., currently selected. Claude Lalanne, Seven Branch Candelabra , 1988
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Claude Lalanne, Seven Branch Candelabra , 1988
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Claude Lalanne, Seven Branch Candelabra , 1988
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Claude Lalanne, Seven Branch Candelabra , 1988
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) Claude Lalanne, Seven Branch Candelabra , 1988
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 6 ) Claude Lalanne, Seven Branch Candelabra , 1988

Provenance

Madame X, close personal friend of the Lalannes. Acquired directly from the artist.

Publications

Similar model appears in: Robert Rosenblum, “Les Lannes,” Ed. Skira 1991 p. 69.
Daniel Abadie, “Lalanne(s),” Ed. Flammarion 2008 p. 128/129.
Exhibition catalogue, “Les Lalannes,” Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 2010, Ed Les Arts Décoratifs.
Paul Kasmin, “Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne; Art, Work, Life Photographs,” Ed Skira Rizzoli, 2012.

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