Lalanne’s Playful Frog Fountains Surface at Auction

A set of four bronze Grenouille fountains by François-Xavier Lalanne, created in 1981 for American designer and collector Alexandra Marshall, will be the marquee lot at Christie’s Design auction on June 10 at Rockefeller Center, with an estimate of $2.5 million to $3.5 million. The fountains, the first Lalanne ever made, were originally installed around Marshall’s swimming pool in Houston, Texas. The sale also includes a patinated bronze ram by Lalanne (estimate $800,000–$1.2 million), a Henning Koppel eel covered dish from the estate of late collector Henry S. McNeil Jr., and 18 lots by Tiffany Studios, led by the Boyd Family Memorial Window (estimate $1.5–$2 million).