Always a fan of architect and decorative artist Claude Lalanne (and admiring her Banbiloba and Gator settees from afar for years,) seeing her desk in the Tom Ford store on Madison Avenue yesterday made me remember how much I love this woman. Apparently her pieces have hit an all time high, with a set of mirrors and a bar at last year’s Yves Saint Laurent’s estate auction last year going for a cool $3.5 million. This month an massive 150+ piece exhibition on Lalanne’s work designed by Peter Marino opens a the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. Looks like Paris in the Spring for this girl!
More pics after the jump.
