Grande carpe d’or

Material

Bronze; 76 x 144 cm

Dating

2005

About the artwork

edition 8/8

About the artist

The two French artists Claude Lalanne and François-Xavier Lalanne have been known individually-and collectively as ‘Les Lalannes’ since the 1960s.
François-Xavier Lalanne moved to Paris at the age of 18 to study sculpture, drawing and painting at the Académie Julian. After renting a studio in Montparnasse, he met artists Constantin Brancusi, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp and Jean Tinguely, who would all prove influential on his work.
It wasn’t until 1952, when he met Claude – born Dupeux – at his first gallery show, that he abandoned painting for sculpture. Claude studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts and the École des Arts Décoratifs. She became friends with American artists Larry Rivers and Jimmy Metcalf, who helped her develop the art of electroplating.
The Lalannes’ works are represented in many prominent collections around the world including the National Design Museum in New York, Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York and the Museé d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris.