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Property from the Collection of Alexandra Marshall
FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
An Important Set of Four 'Grenouille' Fountains, 1981
Details
FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)
An Important Set of Four 'Grenouille' Fountains, 1981
patinated bronze
15 ¾ x 21 1⁄16 x 23 5⁄8 in. (40 x 53.5 x 60 cm) (each)(4)
each impressed LALANNE, dated 81, respectively numbered 1⁄8, 2⁄8, 3⁄8, 4⁄8 and with foundry mark BLANCHET-FONDEUR
An Important Set of Four 'Grenouille' Fountains, 1981
patinated bronze
15 ¾ x 21 1⁄16 x 23 5⁄8 in. (40 x 53.5 x 60 cm) (each)(4)
each impressed LALANNE, dated 81, respectively numbered 1⁄8, 2⁄8, 3⁄8, 4⁄8 and with foundry mark BLANCHET-FONDEUR
Provenance
Commissioned from the artist by the present owner and supplied by Artcurial, Paris, 1981
Literature
The Lalannes, Artcurial, Paris, n.d., p. 3 (for mention of this model)
Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Christian Fayt Art Gallery, Knokke-Heist, 1984, no. 9
Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice, 1985, n.p. (for a larger version of the model)
D. Lalanne, "Les Lalanne", Vogue Paris, Paris, October 1985, pp. 404 and 407 (for a frog from the present lot, photographed by Helmut Newton)
Les Lalannes: Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1988, n.p. (for a smaller version of the model)
R. Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Château de Chenonceau, Geneva, 1991, pp. 46, 137 (for a smaller version of the model from the Alexandra Marshall Collection)
M.-L. Castelnau, "Le bestiaire enchanté," Le Spectacle du Monde, Paris, April 1998, p. 11
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Fragments, exh. cat., Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris and JGM Galerie, Paris, 2000, pp. 47 and 134 (for a smaller version of the model)
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York and Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, 2006, p. 68 (for a smaller version of the model from the Peter Marino Collection)
D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, p. 325 (for a smaller version of the model)
C. Philbin, ed., The Lalannes, exh. cat., Peter Marino Art Foundation, Southampton, 2024, pp. 66-67 (for a smaller version of the model from the Peter Marino Collection)
Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Christian Fayt Art Gallery, Knokke-Heist, 1984, no. 9
Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice, 1985, n.p. (for a larger version of the model)
D. Lalanne, "Les Lalanne", Vogue Paris, Paris, October 1985, pp. 404 and 407 (for a frog from the present lot, photographed by Helmut Newton)
Les Lalannes: Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1988, n.p. (for a smaller version of the model)
R. Rosenblum, Les Lalanne, exh. cat., Château de Chenonceau, Geneva, 1991, pp. 46, 137 (for a smaller version of the model from the Alexandra Marshall Collection)
M.-L. Castelnau, "Le bestiaire enchanté," Le Spectacle du Monde, Paris, April 1998, p. 11
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Fragments, exh. cat., Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris and JGM Galerie, Paris, 2000, pp. 47 and 134 (for a smaller version of the model)
Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, exh. cat., Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York and Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, 2006, p. 68 (for a smaller version of the model from the Peter Marino Collection)
D. Abadie, Lalanne(s), Paris, 2008, p. 325 (for a smaller version of the model)
C. Philbin, ed., The Lalannes, exh. cat., Peter Marino Art Foundation, Southampton, 2024, pp. 66-67 (for a smaller version of the model from the Peter Marino Collection)
Further details
The commissioner and current owner of these works, Alexandra Marshall, was initially introduced to François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne by their representative gallerist, Jean-Gabriel Mitterrand, in 1981.
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