ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) - photo 1
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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)

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£ 126 000
Auction dateClassic
30.06.2023 13:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 990377
Lot 327 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)

Lampadaire à l'étoile

signed 'A Giacometti' (on the side of one leg) and numbered '020' (on the underside of one leg)

bronze with brown patina

height: 58 in. (147.2 cm.)

Conceived circa 1936 by Alberto Giacometti for Jean-Michel Frank; this bronze cast by Diego Giacometti at a later date





Provenance

(Probably) Gallery Moos, Toronto.

Sam & Ayala Zacks, Toronto, by whom acquired from the above.

Ayala Zacks Abramov, Tel Aviv & Jerusalem, and thence by descent to the present owner.



Literature

L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1980, p. 204 (another cast illustrated pp. 164 & 204).

M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 142 (another cast illustrated).

F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'œuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986, p. 115 (another cast illustrated pl. 32).

D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, New York, 1987 (another cast illustrated pp. 11 & 173).

L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, pp. 170 & 250 (another cast illustrated).

F. Baudot, Diego Giacometti, New York, 2001, p. 77 (another cast illustrated p. 42).

C. Boutonnet & R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 39 (another cast illustrated p. 38; dated 'circa 1950').

P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l’étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 347 (another cast illustrated).

Alberto Giacometti Database (https://www.fondation-giacometti.fr/fr/alberto-giacometti-database-agd), no. 3688 (illustrated).

D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018 (another cast illustrated p. 30).



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Post lot text

The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 3688.
Artist:Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Place of origin:Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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