FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (FRA/1927-2008) La Science... Lot 2

FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (FRA/1927-2008) La Science (Head resting on the left hand) cast concrete Height: 325 cm / Width: 90 cm / Depth: 90 cm. Made around 1990-91 and delivered in August 1991 for the park of the European Centre for Permanent Education. This work is unique. MOULDED CONCRETE, HEIGHT: 128 in. / WIDTH: 35.3/8 in / DEPTH: 35.3/8 in., CREATED CIRCA 1990-91 FOR THE CEDEP PARK, THIS WORK IS UNIQUE. Provenance: Centre Européen d'Education Permanente, CEDEP, Fontainebleau (Ordered from the artist through the Centre d'art plastique contemporain Artcurial, and delivered on 1 August 1991. Purchase invoice no. 910155 dated 23 January 1991). Bibliography: - R. Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, Skira, Geneva, 1991, p. 130 (work cited). - D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Flammarion, Paris, 2008, p. 333 (work cited). - H. van Dissel & S. Simmons, CEDEP - 40 Years of Adding Value, Cambridge Book Group, Cambridge, 2012, p. 35 (illustrated).