A "Mouton de Laine" sheep sculpture from François-Xavier Lalanne's celebrated flock set a new auction record, achieving $1.9M. Conceived circa 1965 and once owned by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, the sculpture is an early iteration of the model that critic Otto Hahn called "the most amazing thing in the show" when Lalanne first unveiled his flock in Paris. Simultaneously sculpture and seat, the "Mouton" embodies Lalanne's belief that art belongs in daily life, not behind glass — a quiet surrealism built for the modern interior. Its presence in the Saint Laurent and Bergé collection speaks to one of the defining collector-artist relationships of twentieth-century design, and to a form that helped invent collectible design as we know it today. Still haven’t subscribed to Sotheby’s on YouTube? ►►https://www.youtube.com/sothebys/

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