Sculpture by Design: Rateau | Giacometti | Les Lalanne
Sculpture by Design: Rateau | Giacometti | Les Lalanne
Property from an Important French Collection
Alberto Giacometti
"Flambeau" Table Lamp, Petit Modèle
Auction Closed
December 8, 04:49 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important French Collection
Alberto Giacometti
"Flambeau" Table Lamp, Petit Modèle
designed circa 1934
patinated bronze, paper shade
17¾ in. (45 cm) high, excluding fittings
15½ in. (39.3 cm) diameter of shade
Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris
Private Collection, Paris
Thence by descent
Christie's Paris, March 29, 2019, lot 237
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private Collection, Paris
Thence by descent
Christie's Paris, March 29, 2019, lot 237
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, p. 239
Christian Boutonnet and Rafael Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 43
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: L'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, pp. 28, 29, 68 and 152 (for related examples)
Christian Boutonnet and Rafael Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 43
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: L'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, pp. 28, 29, 68 and 152 (for related examples)
This lot is offered together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Giacometti and is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database.