Lot Essay
This lot is registered under number AGD 3788 in the Alberto Giacometti Database.
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'Bougeoir' Table Lamp, circa 1937
Details
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
'Bougeoir' Table Lamp, circa 1937
patinated bronze, leather, fabric shade
13 3⁄8 in. (34 cm) high, 4 3⁄4 in. (12 cm) diameter (excluding shade)
monogrammed and numbered AG 08
'Bougeoir' Table Lamp, circa 1937
patinated bronze, leather, fabric shade
13 3⁄8 in. (34 cm) high, 4 3⁄4 in. (12 cm) diameter (excluding shade)
monogrammed and numbered AG 08
Provenance
Félix and Yvonne Goudard, for their apartment decorated by Jean-Michel Frank, 39 Boulevard de Montmorency, Paris, 1936
Thence by descent
Ader, Paris, 1 December 2017, lot 64
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Thence by descent
Ader, Paris, 1 December 2017, lot 64
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
M. Butor, Diego, Paris, 1985, p. 149
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 36
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank. Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1980, p. 45 (the model in Nelson Rockefeller's living room, New York)
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, p. 45
F. Baudot, J.M. Frank. Universe of style, Paris, 1999, pp. 58-59 and 79
Jean-Michel Frank, Un décorateur dans le Paris des années 30, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2009, p. 67 (the model in Nelson Rockefeller's living room, New York)
L. Verchère et. al., Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2018, pp. 268-269 (for the model in Nelson Rockefeller's living room, New York)
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 36
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank. Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1980, p. 45 (the model in Nelson Rockefeller's living room, New York)
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, p. 45
F. Baudot, J.M. Frank. Universe of style, Paris, 1999, pp. 58-59 and 79
Jean-Michel Frank, Un décorateur dans le Paris des années 30, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2009, p. 67 (the model in Nelson Rockefeller's living room, New York)
L. Verchère et. al., Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2018, pp. 268-269 (for the model in Nelson Rockefeller's living room, New York)
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