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Francois-Xavier Lalanne stone owl
Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Chouette de Jardin sur Pylône, 1990
Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Chouette de Jardin sur Pylône, 1990
Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Chouette de Jardin sur Pylône, 1990

Francois-Xavier Lalanne French, 1927-2008

Chouette de Jardin sur Pylône, 1990
Rare pinkish cement stone cast sculpture
Length: 10.2 in.
Depth: 10.2 in.
Height: 70.4 in.
one-of-a-kind
carved & dated "Lalanne 1990"

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The owl represents the essence of Francois-Xavier Lalanne’s unique vision. Here, ancient Egyptian influences intermingle with Hellenistic Greek aesthetics while paying hommage to the great Art Deco sculptors like Francois...
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The owl represents the essence of Francois-Xavier Lalanne’s unique vision. Here, ancient Egyptian influences intermingle with Hellenistic Greek aesthetics while paying hommage to the great Art Deco sculptors like Francois Pompon, Eduard-Marcel Sandoz and of course Constantin Brancusi.

Our « Chouette de jardin sur pylône » 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 chosen as his Ury cemetery gravestone by his wife Claude Lalanne,

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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.

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