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拍品专文
Born into a family of artists just 13 months apart, Alberto and Diego Giacometti remained inseparable throughout their lives. They began working together in Alberto’s Parisian studio in 1922, where Diego modeled for his brother’s paintings and bronze busts, and assisted in casting lighting and decorative objects commissioned by decorator Jean-Michel Frank in the early 1930s.
As their collaboration deepened, Alberto progressively entrusted his brother with the technical aspects of production: materials, frames, castings, carvings, and patinas. Through this work Diego revealed not only his remarkable mastery of bronze but also his own aesthetic, establishing himself as a creator in his own right, shaping bronze into refined furniture often enriched with animal or antique motifs.
The present model of candelabrum, which Diego conceived for his brother’s 50th birthday in 1951, stands among one of his most enigmatic designs. Unlike the serene, guardian-like animals that populate his later repertoire, here two horse heads emerge from the bronze with an expressive, almost Mannerist vigor enhanced by a lively and nuanced patina.
An early sculpture in the artist’s oeuvre, it anticipates the sculptural refinement and symbolic sensibility that would define Diego Giacometti’s mature work.
As their collaboration deepened, Alberto progressively entrusted his brother with the technical aspects of production: materials, frames, castings, carvings, and patinas. Through this work Diego revealed not only his remarkable mastery of bronze but also his own aesthetic, establishing himself as a creator in his own right, shaping bronze into refined furniture often enriched with animal or antique motifs.
The present model of candelabrum, which Diego conceived for his brother’s 50th birthday in 1951, stands among one of his most enigmatic designs. Unlike the serene, guardian-like animals that populate his later repertoire, here two horse heads emerge from the bronze with an expressive, almost Mannerist vigor enhanced by a lively and nuanced patina.
An early sculpture in the artist’s oeuvre, it anticipates the sculptural refinement and symbolic sensibility that would define Diego Giacometti’s mature work.