

François-Xavier Lalanne French, 1927-2008
Hippopotame I, 1968/1998
Blue laminated molded polyester resin and brass
126 x 283 x 88 cm; (49 5/8 x 111 3/8 x 34 5/8 in.)
Copyright The Artist
Provenance
Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke-HeistPrivate Collection (acquired from the above in 1998)
Exhibitions
London, Ben Brown Fine Arts and Claridge’s ArtSpace, Les Lalanne: Makers of Dreams, 28 April - 29 July 2022Publications
P. D'Elme, "Les Lalannes : ils parlent", Galerie des Arts, no. 85, 1 February 1970, p. 22 (another example illustrated)N. Martin, "The 1970 Parisian, ...", Chicago Tribune, 16 February 1970, p. 44 (another example illustrated)
B. Rooke, "Les Lalannes", Mobilia, no. 181, August 1970, n. p. (another example illustrated in color)
F. Bertin, "Un bestiaire pour l'environnement", Votre Maison, no. 135, August-September 1970, p. 48 (another example illustrated in color)
V. Merlin, "Pour vous, un zoo dans votre salon", Paris Match, no. 1206, 17 June 1972, p. 59 (another example illustrated)
P. Restany, "Les Lalanne ou le rêve à la maison", Domus, no. 518, January 1973, p. 38 (another example illustrated in color)
"Atelier Lalanne", Architectural Digest, February 1981, pp. 112 and 116 (another example illustrated in color)
D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, pp. 113-115 (illustrated in color)
P. Kasmin, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, Art, Work, Life, New York, 2012, n. p. (another example illustrated in color)
A. Dannatt, François-Xavier & Claude Lalanne, In the Domains of Dreams, New York, 2018, pp. 79 and 194-195 (another example illustrated in color).