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PROPERTY FROM A PALM BEACH COLLECTION
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) and Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
Lampe à tête de femme
Details
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) and Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
Lampe à tête de femme
indistinctly signed 'Alberto Giacometti' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina, wired for electricity
Height: 20 in. (50.8 cm.)
Conceived by Alberto Giacometti circa 1937 for Jean-Michel Frank; this bronze version cast by Diego Giacometti by 1979
Lampe à tête de femme
indistinctly signed 'Alberto Giacometti' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina, wired for electricity
Height: 20 in. (50.8 cm.)
Conceived by Alberto Giacometti circa 1937 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. 200 (another cast illustrated).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, p. 115 (another cast illustrated, pp. 26-27).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, pp. 11 and 35 (another cast illustrated).
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Paris, 2003, p. 35 (another cast illustrated in color; conception date circa 1936).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, p. 115 (another cast illustrated, pp. 26-27).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, pp. 11 and 35 (another cast illustrated).
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Paris, 2003, p. 35 (another cast illustrated in color; conception date circa 1936).