ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)

Lot 2
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ID 773600
Lot 2 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)

'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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