Karl Lagasse - VATICAN -

Extremely rare work limited to 33 copies by KARL LAGASSE
USA Workshop Collection - 01/2025.
Name of the work: ONE DOLLAR VATICANO
Dimensions approximately 38 cm x 16 cm.
Year of production 01/2025
Number 23/33
Limited edition of 33 copies worldwide.
Signed in the plate with a Certificate of Authenticity from the artist Karl Lagasse.
Estimate: 4000 EUR - 6000 EUR



Artist KARL LAGASSE

Karl Lagasse, born April 4, 1981 in Paris, is a French artist. He is the creator of the sculpture One Dollar as well as the trophy of the 43rd edition of the Deauville American Film Festival.
Artistic career
Karl Lagasse's career began in 1996 with the sale of his first work in Antwerp, when he was 15 years old.
A few years later, in 2003, he prepared his first exhibition in Paris where he exhibited his works which combine collages and painting, as Yvaral Vasarely[4], son of the Hungarian visual artist Victor Vasarely, had suggested to him when they met in 1998.

He began sculpting in 2004 and found inspiration in watching Les Nuits Blanches[Which ones?]. He then began to search for his style and began the series of "Buildings", "totem" works composed of different materials. The same year, he left Paris to settle in Normandy.

In 2006, Isy Brachot (a famous Brussels gallery) dedicated an exhibition to him. Only one painting failed to find a buyer. Karl Lagasse then offered it to an amateur who was unable to acquire it.

In 2008, he returned to Paris to exhibit at the Espace Pierre Cardin. Paintings, sculptures, and photographs were presented. A film about the creation of the works was also screened.

2009, the year of creation of one of the artist's most emblematic works, the One Dollar|7]. A work resulting from his admiration for the United States but also symbolizing what it is possible to do with a single dollar;

“Making art with $1.”

In 2010, he was chosen to represent the town of Deauville (Normandy) at the World Equestrian Championship

"Horsemania" which takes place in Lexington (United States), a town twinned with the Normandy seaside resort, for which he creates a sculpture[8].
After the "One Dollar", which was an international success, he presented another work which would also become emblematic, the
"Cryptogram One." It was at the Art Monaco fair in 2011 that the public discovered it.

To celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival in 2012, he created[9] a 2.80 m x 60 cm wide "Building" in cement, wood, glass and photos in collaboration with Corbis and exhibited it at the Carlton Cinema Club. The artists present at the festival were invited to sign the work, to leave a message. This is what José Garcia, Michel Hazanvisius, Bérénice Bejo, Gad Elmaleh but also Cuba Gooding Jr., Tim Roth, Matthew McConaughey and Zac Efron have done.