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 the candelabras for the first time. They were created especially for Yves Saint-Laurent and were destined to be placed in the music salon of the iconic 55 rue Babylone apartment. Claude Lalanne spent years elaborating a series of 15 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 evidently beginning of the edition. The artist will only execute three large model (92.5 cm high) pairs during that time, including Madame X’s 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