Sculpture by Design: Rateau | Giacometti | Les Lalanne

Sculpture by Design: Rateau | Giacometti | Les Lalanne

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Property from an Important French Collection

Alberto Giacometti

"Étoile" Floor Lamp

Auction Closed

December 8, 04:49 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important French Collection

Alberto Giacometti

"Étoile" Floor Lamp


designed circa 1936

patinated bronze, fabric shade

57⅞ in. (147 cm) high, excluding fittings

15¾ in. (40 cm) diameter of shade

Louis Broder, Paris, acquired directly from Diego Giacometti
Françoise Dunoyer, Paris, by descent
Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., Inc., New York
Private Collection, USA, 1998
Christie's New York, November 6, 2008, lot 281
Private Swiss Collection, London
Christie's London, June 28, 2017, lot 340
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1980, pp. 164 and 204 
Michel Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 142 
Françoise Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986, p. 115, pl. 32 
Daniel Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 11 
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, pp. 170 and 250 
François Baudot, Diego Giacometti, New York, 2001, p. 42
Christian Boutonnet and Rafael Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, pp. 38 and 39 
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l’étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 347 

This lot is offered together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Giacometti and is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database.