Property from the Collection of Nelson Rockefeller: Eastern Traditions & Western Visions
Property from the Collection of Nelson Rockefeller: Eastern Traditions & Western Visions
Alberto Giacometti
Pair of "Le Poing" Sconces
Auction Closed
November 19, 04:46 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Alberto Giacometti
1901 - 1966
Pair of "Le Poing" Sconces
each impressed MADE IN FRANCE
en suite with the previous lot
from the Rockefeller 810 Fifth Avenue apartment
designed circa 1935
executed in 1939
gilt bronze, alabaster
11 3/8 x 5 5/8 x 9 in. (29 x 14.3 x 23 cm) each
This lot is offered together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Giacometti and it is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database under number 4273 and 4278.
Please note the correct Alberto Giacometti Database numbers for this pair of sconces is 4278 and 4273.
Commissioned directly from the artist by Jean-Michel Frank for Nelson Rockefeller, 1939
Charles Juliet, Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 33 (for a closely related model)
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 248 (for a closely related model)
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, L'étrange Luxe du Rien, Paris, 2006, p. 237 (for a closely related model)
Véronique Wiesinger, Giacometti: La figure au Défi, Paris, 2007, p. 43 (for a closely related model)
Laure Verchère, Jean-Michel Frank, New York, 2018, p. 90 (for a closely related model)
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 248 (for a closely related model)
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, L'étrange Luxe du Rien, Paris, 2006, p. 237 (for a closely related model)
Véronique Wiesinger, Giacometti: La figure au Défi, Paris, 2007, p. 43 (for a closely related model)
Laure Verchère, Jean-Michel Frank, New York, 2018, p. 90 (for a closely related model)