Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) and Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
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Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) and Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)

Lampadaire à tête de femme

Details
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) and Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
Lampadaire à tête de femme
bronze with green and brown patina; wired for electricity
Height: 60 7/8 in. (154.6 cm.)
Conceived by Alberto Giacometti circa 1936 for Jean-Michel Frank; this bronze version cast by Diego Giacometti by 1979
Provenance
Acquired by the family of the present owner, by 1979.
Literature
L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 204 (another cast illustrated).
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 141 (other casts illustrated).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, p. 115 (another cast illustrated, p. 30).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 11 (another cast illustrated in color).
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Paris, 2003, p. 35 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 34).

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