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Lot 274
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Alberto Giacometti

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 EUR
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Description

  • Lampadaire Etoile, le modèle créé vers 1936
  • Signé A. Giacometti sur un des pieds
  • bronze
  • Hauteur : 162 cm (63 3/4 in.)
bonze patiné

Provenance

Mary Anne Martyn Gallery, New York
Acquis auprès du précédent vers 1996

Literature

Michel Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 142
Françoise Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, Paris, 1986, p. 31
Daniel Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 11 pour une photo d'Alberto Giacometti avec un lampadaire à l'étoile
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, pp. 170 et 250
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2006, p. 347

Condition

FR- Très bon état général. Infimes usures à la patine, au niveau des arêtes et le long du fût. L’abat-jour en bronze, ajouté ultérieurement. Quelques petits enfoncements au niveau des arêtes du piètement. EN - Very good overall condition. Minute wears to the patina, at the edge and on the bole. The bronze lamp shade, added at a later stage. Some little dents on the edges of the foot.
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Catalogue Note

Ce lot est accompagné d'un certificat de la Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti