Important Design
Important Design
Property of a Hamptons and New York Estate
Alberto Giacometti
Pair of "Étoile" Table Lamps
Auction Closed
June 9, 06:24 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Hamptons and New York Estate
Alberto Giacometti
Pair of "Étoile" Table Lamps
designed circa 1935, executed by Diego Giacometti after 1966
patinated bronze, paper shades
each impressed DIEGO and monogrammed DG
16 in. (40.6 cm) and 15⅞ in. (40.3 cm) high each, excluding fittings
14 in. (43.2 cm) diameter of each shade
Claude Bernard Gallery, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 200
Françoise Francisci, Catalogue de l'œuvre de Diego Giacometti, vol. 1, Paris, 1986, p. 32
Christian Boutonnet and Rafael Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 42
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2006, p. 347
Françoise Francisci, Catalogue de l'œuvre de Diego Giacometti, vol. 1, Paris, 1986, p. 32
Christian Boutonnet and Rafael Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 42
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2006, p. 347
This lot is offered together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Giacometti for each lamp, which are recorded in the Alberto Giacometti Database under numbers 4372 and 4373. The lamps were each additionally impressed AG 058 and AG 059 respectively by the Comité at the time of their authentication.