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

Paire de lampes à tête de femme

Details
Albeto Giacometti (1901-1966) and Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
Paire de lampes à tête de femme
bronze with green and brown patina
Height (of each): 20½ in. (52 cm.)
Conceived by Alberto Giacometti circa 1937 for Jean-Michel Frank; these bronze versions cast by Diego Giacometti circa 1960
Provenance
Hélène de Beauvoir, Paris (acquired from Diego Giacometti, circa 1960).
Acquired from the estate of the above by the present owner.
Literature
L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 244 (another cast illustrated).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, pp. 26-27 (another cast illustrated).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, pp. 11 and 35 (another cast illustrated).
Further details
Two lamps in one lot (2).

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