ID 773600
Lot 2 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
'Grecque' Table Lamp, grand modèle, circa 1937
plaster, galvanized brass, fabric shade
18 1⁄2 in. (47 cm) high, 5 1⁄2 in. (14 cm) diameter (excluding shade)
Provenance
Renée Vercken de Vreuschmen, Belgium, received upon the occasion of her wedding, 1936
Thence by descent
Christie's, Paris, 22 November 2016, lot 110
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
R. Lannes, 'L'exégèse poétique de Jean-Michel Frank', Art et Décoration, January 1939, p. 6 (the model in Raymond Patenôtre's living room, Nice)
J. Lassaigne, 'LŒuvre de Jean-Michel-Frank', Art et Industrie, November 1945, p. 19 (the model in Jorge Born's living room, Buenos Aires)
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, p. 167
Jean-Michel Frank, Un décorateur dans le Paris des années 30, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2009, p. 67 (the model in Nelson Rockefeller's living room, New York)
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Artist: | Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Brass, 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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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Brass, 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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