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Babouin

François Xavier Lalanne (in 1973)

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Roger asked

How is this a heater ?
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Hi Roger, François Xavier Lalanne created a cavity in the baboon's belly so that wood can be put in and a fire can be lit. The whole sculpture is made of metal which allows the heat to be spread out. Best, Mara.

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Title	Babouin
Material and technique	Stainless steel, wood, plywood, iron, enamel paint, flint
Object type	Heater > Heating > Living > Utensil
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 147,5 cm Width 93 cm Depth 76 cm
Artists	Artist: François Xavier Lalanne
Accession number	BEK 1539 (MK)
Credits	Purchased 1976
Department	Modern Art
Acquisition date	1976
Creation date	in 1973
Internal exhibitions	Big enough for both of us - seventies en nineties uit de collectie (1998)
External exhibitions	Claude et François-Xavier Lalanne, entre-deux (2010)
Research	Show research Digitising Contemporary Art
Material	Wood > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Plywood > Worked wood > Wood > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Iron > Common metal > Metal > Inorganic material > Material > Material and technique Enamel paint > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Stainless steel > Steel > Steel alloy > Iron > Common metal > Metal > Inorganic material > Material > Material and technique Flint > Stone > Minerals and stones > Inorganic material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Heater > Heating > Living > Utensil
Geographical origin	France > Western Europe > Europe

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François Xavier Lalanne

Agen 1927 - Ury 2008

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