ID 872017
Lot 211 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
‘Figure’ Floor Lamp ('Tête de femme'), designed circa 1933-34
patinated bronze, paper shade
72 in. (180.3 cm) high, 20 in. (50.8 cm) diameter of shade
impressed with artist's monogram AG and numbered 072
Literature
R. B. Fisher, Syrie Maugham, London, 1979, pp. 40-41, 44, 72 (for this model insitu)
Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., The Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis and Marisa Del Re Gallery, New York, 1985, p. 15
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 125
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, p. 44
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 11
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, New York, 1987, p. 11
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, pp. 115, 250 (for this model insitu)
I Giacometti: la valle, il mondo, exh. cat., Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, 2000, p. 236
F. Baudot, Diego Giacometti, New York, 2001, p. 34
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Galerie L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 2003, p. 34
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period, Paris, 2008, inside cover, pp. 68, 143, 198, 250 (for this model insitu)
P. Passebon, Jacques Grange, Paris, 2008, pp. 109, 143, 244, 255, 258, 265 (for this model insitu)
Jean-Michel Frank in Argentina, exh. cat., Gallery BAC, New York, 2010, pp. 7, 28, 100 (for this model insitu)
V. Wiesinger, Alberto Giacometti: A Retrospective, exh. cat., Museo Picasso Málaga, Málaga, 2012, p. 166
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti: Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, p. 30
Post lot text
This lot is registered under number AGD 4468 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, France, Europe |
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, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Lamps and luminaires |
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