Grand Rhinocéros II (2003), a life-size sculptural gold patinated bronze, brass, and leather desk in the shape of the animal, was the featured lot for Sotheby’s Important Design day sale in New York on June 11. The price for Grand Rhinocéros II also exceeds last month’s sale of François-Xavier Lalanne’s Bar aux Autruches (1967-1968) for €11.1 million ($12 million) after an 11-minute bidding war at Sotheby’s Paris on May 20. It’s worth noting the decline in the artists’ primary market after the sale of more than 700 pieces from the private collections of Les Lalanne and their two daughters, Dorothée and Marie by Sotheby’s and Christie’s during various sales in Paris and New York between 2019 and 2024.
Author: Karen K. Ho
Published at: 2025-06-11 21:09:13
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