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

Pied de lampe modèle étoile

Details

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) and Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
Pied de lampe modèle étoile
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 16 1/8 in. (41.1 cm.)
Designed by Alberto Giacometti for Jean-Michel Frank in 1936; this bronze version cast circa 1960-1970

Provenance

Heinz Berggruen, Paris.
Thérèse Gillet, Paris.
Gift from the above to the present owner, circa 1960-1970.

Literature

L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 200 (another cast illustrated).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, vol. I, p. 115 (another cast illustrated, pl. 32).
A. Chanaux, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, p. 244 (another cast illustrated).
F. Baudot, Jean-Michael Frank, New York, 1999, p. 76 (another cast illustrated and in color).
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Paris, 2003, p. 42 (another cast illustrated in color; titled Lampe à l'étoile).

Lot Essay

The Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation will include this work in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Alberto Giacometti.

The Association and Alberto Annette Giacometti has confirmed the authenticity of this work, titling it étoile with the conception date of 1930.

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