ID 908053
Lot 14 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
£ 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
Chandelier for Peter Watson
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 52 3/4 in. (134 cm.)
Width: 60 3/8 in. (153.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1946-1947; cast circa 1947-1949; this work is unique
Provenance
Peter Watson, Paris & London, by whom commissioned directly from the artist for the Horizon magazine office, London.
(Probably) Cyril Connolly, London.
Elizabeth Denton, London, circa 1965.
John Craxton, R.A., London, by whom acquired from the above in the late 1960s, and thence by descent.
Exhibited
Holt, Holt Festival: Craxton-Picasso Exhibition, July 2022.
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Post Lot Text
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 4333.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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