by Anne Doridou-Heim
Claude Lalanne (1925–2019), Lapin-Chou I (Rabbit-Cabbage I), bronze proof with a shaded bronze and copper patina, numbered 5/8, 25 x 30 x 17.5 cm/9.84 x 11.81 x 6.89 in. Result: €194,500
As Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne’s animals go on display in the Trianon Gardens at Versailles (June 19 to October 10), a proof of Claude’s leaf-collared Lapin-Chou I (Rabbit-Cabbage I) fetched €194,500 at auction. Marie-Antoinette would certainly have liked this most original work for one of her pastoral groves. Lalanne's poetic world started with imprints,... Read more