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Fantastique beasts: cult art from the Lalannes' private collection to go on sale
4 monthes ago | By The Guardian
Surreal works from the home of François-Xavier Lalanne and his wife Claude expected to fetch up to £20m For years, a giant brass and Sèvres porcelain grasshopper that could, if needed, double as a wine-cooler sat outside the royal apartments at Windsor Castle; a gift from French president Georges Pompidou to the Duke of Edinburgh during a state visit to France in 1972. Across the Channel, an hour from Paris, the home of its late creator François-Xavier Lalanne and his artist wife Claude is full of such wonderful and whimsical creatures: a huge rhinoceros that transforms into a desk; a...
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