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    • Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
    Lot 385

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)

    Lampe, modèle (étoile)

    Price realised

    USD 61,000

    Estimate

    USD 22,000 - USD 28,000

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    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
    Lampe, modèle (étoile)
    bronze with brown patina
    Height: 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.)
    Designed by Alberto Giacometti for Jean-Michel Frank 1936; this bronze version cast at a later date by Diego Giacometti

    Provenance

    Douglas Cooper, Monte Carlo (acquired from Alberto or Diego Giacometti).
    William McCarty Cooper, London and Los Angeles (by descent from the above, 1984).
    The William McCarty Cooper Trust (acquired from the above, 1991).
    Gift to the San Fransisco Opera by the Trustee of the above.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 200 (another cast illustrated; titled Lampe-trépied à l'étoile).
    F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, vol. I, p. 115 (another cast illustrated, pl. 32; titled Lampe à l'étoile).
    A. Chanaux, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, p. 244 (another cast illustrated; titled Lampe-trépied à étoile).
    C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 42 (other casts illustrated in color; titled Lampe à l'étoile).
    The Alberto and Annette Giacometti Database, no. 789.


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    Pre-Lot Text

    Property Sold to Benefit the San Francisco Opera

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