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Classic and Important Design from a Prestigious New York Collection
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
'Tête' Table Lamp, designed circa 1933-1934
Details
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
'Tête' Table Lamp, designed circa 1933-1934
patinated bronze, paper shade
31 in. (78.8 cm) high, 16 in. (40.6 cm) diameter of shade
signed Alberto Giacometti and numbered AG 53
'Tête' Table Lamp, designed circa 1933-1934
patinated bronze, paper shade
31 in. (78.8 cm) high, 16 in. (40.6 cm) diameter of shade
signed Alberto Giacometti and numbered AG 53
Provenance
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1971
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1971
Literature
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 59
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti: Catalogue de l’œuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986, pp. 26-27
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, pp. 10-11, 35
I Giacometti: la valle, il mondo, exh. cat., Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Milan, 2000, p. 236
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 2003, p. 35
D. Marchesseau and F. C. Prodhon, Diego Giacometti: la collection Marc Barbezat, Paris, 2017, Paris, 2017, pp. 156-157
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti: Catalogue de l’œuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986, pp. 26-27
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, pp. 10-11, 35
I Giacometti: la valle, il mondo, exh. cat., Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Milan, 2000, p. 236
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 2003, p. 35
D. Marchesseau and F. C. Prodhon, Diego Giacometti: la collection Marc Barbezat, Paris, 2017, Paris, 2017, pp. 156-157
Further details
This work is registered under number AGD 4708 in the Alberto Giacometti Database and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Alberto Giacometti Comité dated 2025.
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