ID 778917
Lot 169 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
'Étoile' Floor Lamp, designed circa 1936
patinated bronze, paper shade
69 in. (175.3 cm) high (including shade), 20 in. (50.8 cm) diameter of shade
impressed A. Giacometti and numbered 044
Provenance
Pierre Matisse, New York
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 142
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti: Catalogue de l'œuvre, vol. 1, Paris, 1986, p. 31
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 11
F. Baudot, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1998, p. 42
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti: Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, p. 30
Post lot text
This lot is registered under number AGD 4350 in the Alberto Giacometti Database.
| Artist: | Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| 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: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland |
| Auction house category: | 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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