Claude Lalanne French, 1925-2019
Golden Clover Paper Weight
crystal sphere and gold plated bronze
dimensions: 5.2 x 4.6 x 4.8 cm
2 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 7/8 in
weight: 202g
2 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 7/8 in
weight: 202g
unrealised Artcurial edition of 150
stamped 'Artcurial' & signed 'Lalanne'
© Claude Lalanne
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For Lalanne everything has a function. Deriving botanical inspiration from her personal gardens, she conceptualised these gilded fossils, to be worn and appreciated in perpetuity. In the 1970s she was...
For Lalanne everything has a function. Deriving botanical inspiration from her personal gardens, she conceptualised these gilded fossils, to be worn and appreciated in perpetuity. In the 1970s she was commissioned by Art Curial to make editions of jewellery. Much of it was made in vermeil and in larger editions and though the relationship ended acrimoniously, the work embodies her playful and feminine sensibility.
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