Private acquisitions The fiancés on a bench Two lovers, on a bench, holding hands, their glances cross. The second version of this theme which I hold doubly close to my heart. Brown patina lighter backgrounds. View
Bronzes Tender Games €7,500.00 Acrobatic games between “father-mother” and child. One of my favorite sculptures on which I worked a lot on the shape of the trunks which delicately touch each other. A variation of acrobatic elephants with knowing looks. Silver nitrate patina View
Bronzes The waltz €12,000.00 Two elephants waltz lightly, their“leaf” ears in the wind. I call them internally Baucis and Philémon as I call the hornbeam with two intertwined, “braced” trunks in my garden. Perhaps Zeus, who transformed these two old people in love into a tree, visited my studio, but I don't really believe in this honor! The Lalanne’s sculptures also often mixed... View
Museum acquisitions Sacred boat €8,500.00 Five elephants descend The Nile on a crocodile. A voyage in time and space. Brown patina with a lighter background. Pedestal brass, base black/brown. Sculpture created for the exhibition « Bêtes a Musée »Acquisition of the Powerlong Art Museum Shangaï View
Bronzes New perched €1,700.00 A warm brown patina for this small, very slender version of the acrobatic elephants. The little one plays with the law of gravity, its paw balancing on the carrier's trunk. They look into each other's eyes, in joyful complicity. View
Bronzes Great sokatira €4,300.00 I have returned to this theme several times. “Sokatira” means “tug of war” in Basque. These “tusk ropes” allow me to play on compositions while extending and you just have to watch baby elephants play to realize that they could participate in Basque games. Warm brown patina with lighter backgrounds View
Museum acquisitions Elephant Calf and Two Young Girls Or how the girls play with the elephant calves in all equality and complicity. View
Bronzes Two children and a baby elephant €3,400.00 In an African park, there are no borders between children whether they were born with two or four legs, with or without a trunk !. The important thing is to have fun! A revisit of the "Sokatira" theme View
Bronzes The Swing €4,500.00 “The pendulum is thrown,Our absent minded fellow, staggered, stretched out his arms, and fell.He broke his nose, and everyone laughed." Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian I reinvented the fable with this elephant bronze. My baby elephants are under the supervision of a caring adult; They don't fall and have fun. Part of the series of acrobatic elephants statues. View
Museum acquisitions Five Elephants and a Little Girl A large sculpture, very graphic and aerial. A little girl perches on the trunk of the matriarch and under her protection governs the acrobatics of four baby elephants.Gray patina with lighter background. View