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attention when presented by François Lalanne at the Salon de la Jeune Peinture in 1965 and predates the famous Bar aux Autruches made in Sèvres porcelain in 1966 for the Elysée Palace. In 1969, Yves Saint Laurent was captivated by galvanic casts made from nature by Claude Lalanne. In a Pop spirit embracing the liberation of the naked body – Hair was a hit in London and New York in 1968 and in Paris in 1969 – he proposed that his smoking jacket be worn over a see-through blouse of fine crêpe through which the model’s breasts could be perceived. For his autumn collection, Empreintes, he asked Claude to make casts directly from his model-muse Veruschka. The texture of her skin was subtly transmutated via the shimmer of gilded bronze as replications of her neck, breasts and waist became sumptuous jewels, perfectly integrated within the fluid, aristocratic elegance of simple evening sheath dresses. In early 1972, when Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé moved into the rue de Babylone apartment, they invited Claude Lalanne to make two mirrors to add light in the salon de musique. She created monumental bronze frames modelled as vigorous plant stems to set against the dark brown laquer of the walls. The reeded branches imposed a visual rhythm in the asymmetrical flow of their lines. Claude Lalanne had taken as her source a variety of exotic botanical specimens, from tough Siberian species to delicate roots, and hidden among these, or bursting from them were the large, veined leaves of Chinese or Japanese hostas, gathered from her garden and galvanically replicated in metal. No sooner were these installed than Yves Saint Laurent wanted to extend the concept with a further suite of thirteen mirrors, one also incorporating light fittings. The end result is a subtle reinterpretation of the mirror room of the Amalienburg Pavilion in the Nymphenburg Park, Munich. The distinguished and exquisite environment created by Claude Lalanne plays a central part in the supremely gracious and sophisticated ambiance that Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé refined over so many years. – Daniel Marchesseau Author of the biography, Les Lalanne, Flammarion, Paris – New York, 1998 87
88 CLAUDE LALANNE (B. 1924) The fifteen mirrors for salon de musique, 1974–85, gilt bronze and galvanized copper, maximum individual dimension: 109 1 ⁄2 × 93 3 ⁄4 in. (278 × 238 cm.) Estimate: 3700,000–1,000,000
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