ID 920162
Lot 29 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
'Osselet' Floor Lamp, Second Version, designed circa 1936
patinated bronze, paper shade
74 in. (188 cm) high, 24 in. (61 cm) diameter
impressed AG 04
Provenance
James Mason, circa 1965
Clarissa Kaye-Mason
Thence by descent, 1984
Bonhams, London, 10 March 2010, lot 12
Private Collection
Phillips de Pury & Company, London, 27 September 2012, lot 26
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 95
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 41
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 347
V. Weisinger, The Studio of Alberto Giacometti: Collection of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Paris, 2007, p. 409, no. 278
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period, New York, 2008, p. 257
Post lot text
This lot is registered under number AGD 1676 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 |
| Address of auction |
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