Francois-Xavier Lalanne French, 1927-2008
Depth: 10.2 in.
Height: 70.4 in.
Further images
This owl sculpture was especially designed for the private garden of Madame X in 1990. A decade after, an edition of 8 was launched. This work held a special place in the artist’s life and was even chosen as his Ury cemetery gravestone by his wife Claude Lalanne.
"Chouette de jardin sur pylône" is modeled with the essence of Francois-Xavier Lalanne’s iconic aestheitc, Ancient Egyptian influences intermingle with Hellenistic Greek influences while also paying hommage to the great Art Deco sculptors such as Francois Pompon, Eduard-Marcel Sandoz and Constantin Brancusi.
Provenance
Madame X, close personal friend and neighbor of Claude and Francois- Xavier Lalanne.
Publications
Our variant appears in:
Les Lalanne by Robert Rosenblum, ED Skira 1991 p 72.
Lalanne exhibition catalogue in Château de Chenonceau du 7 June - 3 November 1991.
Variant without plinth appears in:
The Lalannes by Daniel Marchesseau, ED Flammarion 1998, p 96.