"This collection of 15 leafy gilt-bronze and galvanic copper mirrors once hung in the music room of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, the industrialist Pierre Bergé, in their Paris apartment."
"During the 2009 sale of Saint Laurent and Bergé's collection at Christie's in Paris, the mirrors were purchased for €1.8m by beauty pioneer Terry de Gunzburg."
"Remarkably, the De Gunzbergs never hung the mirrors in their home, though they were included in the Les Lalanne retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, in 2022."
"The market for works by Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne remains strong, and the mirrors will almost certainly surpass Claude's current auction record of €4.9m, set in 2023."
Fifteen mirrors created by Claude Lalanne for Yves Saint Laurent's music room are being auctioned with an estimate of $10m to $15m. Previously sold for €1.8m, they were never displayed by the current owners, Terry and Jean de Gunzburg. The mirrors were part of a retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in 2022. The market for Lalanne's works remains strong, and the mirrors are expected to exceed Claude's auction record of €4.9m set in 2023.
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