ID 779007
Lot 170 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
‘Figure’ Floor Lamp ('Tête de femme'), designed circa 1933-34
patinated bronze, paper shade
71 1⁄2 in. (181.6 cm) high (including shade), 20 in. (50.8 cm) diameter of shade
impressed with monogram and numbered AG 065
Provenance
Pierre Matisse, New York
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 125
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti: Catalogue de l'oeuvre, vol. 1, Paris, 1986, p. 30
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 11
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti: Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, p. 30
Post lot text
This lot is registered under number AGD 4348 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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