A PATINATED BRONZE FLOOR LAMP, CIRCA 1934, CAST LATER

Details

ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) FOR JEAN-MICHEL FRANK
A Patinated Bronze Floor Lamp, circa 1934, cast later
base 59¼ in. (155 cm.) high

Provenance

with Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquired from Diego Giacometti). Mr. Garber, New York (acquired from the above).
with Galerie Vallois, Paris (acquired from the above).
Private Collection (acquired from the above).
Christie's, New York, 5 November 2003, lot 314.

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Lot Essay

cf. L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 163 for another cast.

M. Butor and J. Vincent, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 107 for another cast.

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