FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
Mouton de Pierre, 1988

incised with the artist's signature and dated 'LALANNE 88' (to the underside of the body); stamped with the artist's name and numbered 'FXL LALANNE 62/250' (to the underside of the chin)
epoxy stone and patinated bronze

35 x 16 x 36 1/2 in.
88.9 x 38.1 x 92.7 cm.

This work is number sixty-two from the edition of two-hundred-fifty.
Footnotes:
Provenance
Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1988

Exhibited
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Les Lalanne at Fairchild, 2010, n.p., other examples exhibited and illustrated

Literature
Daniel Marchesseau, Les Lalanne, Paris, 1988, p. 146, another example illustrated
Robert Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, Skira, Geneva, 1991, pp. 76, 122, 124, 127, another example illustrated
Daniel Abadie, Lalanne(s), Flammarion, Paris, 2008, pp. 186-187, another example illustrated
Adrian Dannatt, Les Lalanne: Fifty Years of Work 1964-2015, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2015, pp.77, 88- 89, 106-108, other examples illustrated
Paul Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Art, Work, Life, Skira Rizzoli, New York, 2012, n.p., other examples illustrated
Adrian Dannatt, François-Xavier & Claude Lalanne: In the Domain of Dreams, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., New York, 2018, pp. 18, 84-89, 181, 192-193, other examples illustrated