FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
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Les Lalanne from the Collection of Bannon and Barnabas McHenry
FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)

'Mouflon', Maquette for the Proposed Central Park Zoo Garden, New York, circa 1982

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FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
'Mouflon', Maquette for the Proposed Central Park Zoo Garden, New York, circa 1982
resin, patinated iron
together with a copy of the printed proposal for the full commission by Les Lalanne
14 5⁄8 x 15 ½ x 4 ¼ in. (37.2 x 39.3 x 10.7 cm)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, circa 1988
Literature
For the model:
R. Rosenblum, La Lalanne, Geneva, 1991, p. 58 and p. 125 (for a discussion of the Central Park Zoo project)
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Fragments, exh. cat., Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris and JGM Galerie, Paris, 2000, pp. 60-61
W. Peterson, ed., François-Xavier & Claude Lalanne: Dreams for the Light of Day, exh. cat., Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, 2000, p. 50
D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, p. 326 (for a discussion of the Central Park Zoo project)

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