ID 773528
Lot 65 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
'Écossais' Table Lamp, circa 1935
tinted plaster, fabric shade
20 1⁄2 in. (52 cm) high, 4 7⁄8 in. (12,5 cm) diameter (excluding shade)
Provenance
Elsa Schiaparelli, Paris
Gogo Schiaparelli, Paris, by descent
Private Collection, France
Sotheby's, Paris, 24 November 2015, lot 54
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
W. George, 'Jean-Michel Frank', Art et Décoration, 1936, p. 98
'Lampes et lampadaires', Vogue, French edition, February 1936, p. 40
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 130
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, p. 239
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 43
Jean-Michel Frank, Un décorateur dans le Paris des années 30, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2009, p. 72
M. A. Teitelbaum, The Stylemakers. Minimalism and Classic Modernism 1915-1945, London, 2010, p. 150
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| Artist: | Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plaster, Plastic |
| Art style: | Art Deco |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Lamps and luminaires |
| Artist: | Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plaster, Plastic |
| Art style: | Art Deco |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Lamps and luminaires |
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