ID 1442663
Lot 130 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
'Osselet' Floor Lamp, Seconde Version, designed circa 1936
patinated bronze, paper shade
67 ¼ in. (170.7 cm) high, 20 in. (50.8 cm) diameter of shade
numbered AG 29
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1980
Literature
L.-P. Guigues, "Magie de la Lumière," Art et Industrie, Paris, April 1946, p. 34
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, pp. 95, 141
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 41
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 347
V. Weisinger, The Studio of Alberto Giacometti: Collection of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Paris, 2007, p. 409, no. 278
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period, New York, 2008, p. 257
D. Marchesseau and F. C. Prodhon, Diego Giacometti: la collection Marc Barbezat, Paris, 2017, pp. 148-153
Further details
This work is registered under number AGD 4707 in the Alberto Giacometti Database and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Alberto Giacometti Comité dated 2025.
| Artist: | Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Lighting, Furniture and Lamps, Lamps and luminaires |
| Artist: | Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Lighting, Furniture and Lamps, Lamps and luminaires |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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