ID 1442727
Lot 126 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
'Figure' Floor Lamp ('Tête de femme'), designed circa 1933-1934
patinated bronze, paper shade
75 in. (190.5 cm) high, 20 in. (50.8 cm) diameter of shade
numbered AG 080
Provenance
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1974
Literature
W. George, "Jean Michel Frank," Art et Décoration, Paris, March 1936, p. 98
"Les résonances du style Louis XVI dans l'art contemporain," Art et Industrie, Paris, April 1946, p. 22
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 125
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l’œuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986, p. 30
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, pp. 10-11
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank : Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, pp. 115 and 250 (for this model insitu)
I Giacometti: la valle, il mondo, exh. cat., Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Milan, 2000, p. 236
F. Baudot, Diego Giacometti, New York, 2001, p. 34
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, L’étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, pp. 68, 143, 198 and 250
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period, Paris, 2008, inside cover, pp. 68, 143, 198 and 250 (for this model insitu)
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, pp. 30-31
Further details
This work is registered under number AGD 4706 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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