LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gilt patinated bronze, galvinised copper

Measurements:

36.61 in. (93.00 cm.) (height) by 21.26 in. (54.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

each stamped with artist's initials CL, signed Lalanne and numbered 1/2A, 2/2A respectively

Exhibited:

Les Lalanne, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 17 March - 4 July 2010.

Literature:

J.J. Buck, Chez Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, p. 109 for one of the present candelabra illustrated. R. Murphy, The private world of Yves Saint Laurent & Pierre Bergé, New York, 2009, p. 37, for the present lot in situ, rue de Babylone, pp. 164-66, for another example, Chateau Gabriel, Deauville. Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2010, illustrated pp. 94,100, p. 132 for the present lot. A. Dannatt, François-Xavier & Claude Lalanne, New York, 2018, pp. 152, 160 for the present lot in situ, rue de Babylone.

Provenance:

Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, rue de Babylone, Paris, 1990. Christie's, Paris, Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé, 24 February 2009, lot 221. Acquired from the above by the present owner.