"Francois-Xavier Lalanne's Hippopotame Bar sold today for a staggering $31.4 million at Sotheby's in New York, shattering every precedent in the market for design and setting a new auction record for the artist by a wide margin. Estimated at $7 million$10 million, the hand-wrought copper bar more than tripled its high estimate after a 26-minute bidding contest among seven bidders."
"Sotheby's primed the pump last night at the inaugural Creators & Collectors dinner at its new Breuer headquarters, a gathering that sat somewhere between a cultural symposium and a form of strategic networking. Honorees included Amway CEO Jen Rubio, multihyphenate Jon Batiste, painter Julian Schnabel, Studio Museum in Harlem director and chief curator Thelma Golden, and architect Peter Marino, while a cross-section of New York's art, fashion, and philanthropy circuitsAnna Weyant, Antwaun Sargent, Jean Pigozzi, Gabriela Hearst, Jeffrey Deitch, Tory Burch, and otherscirculated"
"Dinner was served beneath Poul Henningsen lighting and beside Dale Chihuly glasswork. In hindsight, the evening had the air of a house unveiling itself to the city's cultural stewards on the night before of a market-defining sale. Commissioned in 1976 by patron Anne Schlumberger and unique in its copper execution, the Hippopotame Bar is regarded as the prototype for later bronze editions and an early expression of Lalanne's fascination with functional animals. Its hidden bar mechanicsa re"
Francois-Xavier Lalanne's Hippopotame Bar sold for $31.4 million at Sotheby's New York, shattering design-market records and establishing a new auction high for the artist. The hand-wrought copper bar carried an estimate of $7 million$10 million and more than tripled its high estimate after a 26-minute bidding contest among seven bidders. The sale capped a year in which Lalanne's hybrid sculptural furniture consistently outperformed expectations. Sotheby's staged an inaugural Creators & Collectors dinner at its Breuer headquarters attended by prominent cultural and philanthropic figures. Commissioned in 1976 by Anne Schlumberger, the work is regarded as a prototype for later editions and an early expression of Lalanne's functional-animal fascination.
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