The Sotheby's auction house in Paris is about to auction off a large Bird Monument. Link:

François-Xavier Lalanne. Monument à l'oiseau

Sotheby's gave it an estimated value of 600,000 - 800,000 EUR. This market resolves YES if the final sale price listed on the Sotheby's website is >600,000EUR.

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In 1978, François-Xavier Lalanne created the monumental sculpture Noah's Dove, a dove holding an olive branch in its beak, a symbol of freedom, perched on a stone obelisk, for the Lavinia Garden in Jerusalem, Israel.

The Bird Monument we present here, created in 1984, follows in the footsteps of the Jerusalem monument. The majestic dove with its wings spread is ready to take to the skies to guide freedom.

Perched over three meters high on the Burgundy stone obelisk, it turns with the wind. Its stylized lines and delicate curves are emblematic of François-Xavier Lalanne's style.

This work is one of the rare examples of François-Xavier Lalanne's monumental work.

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