ALBERTO GIACOMETTI | "Grecque" Table Lamp

with adjustable shade height

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in 1968

Roger Lannes, "Exégèse poétique de Jean-Michel Frank," in Art et Décoration, January 1939, illustration of another cast in plaster p. 6 
Van Day Truex, "Jean-Michel-Frank Remembered," in Architectural Digest, September-October 1976, illustration of one Rockefeller example pp. 74-75 
Malcolm N. Carter, "Nelson Rockefeller: 'I know exactly what I like'," in ARTnews, May 1978, illustration of one Rockefeller example p. 115 
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, illustration of another cast in plaster pp. 160-61 
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, illustration of another cast in plaster pp. 166-67 
John Loring, "Nelson Rockefeller's Fifth Avenue Apartment: Recalling the Residence of the Notable Politician and Philanthropist," in Architectural Digest, April 2001, illustration of one Rockefeller example p. 106
Christian Boutonnet, Diego Giacometti (exhibition catalogue), Galerie L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 2003, illustrations of other casts in plaster and earthenware pp. 31 & 44 
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2006, illustration of another cast p. 45
Jean-Michel Frank: Un Décorateur dans les Paris des Années 30 (exhibition catalogue), Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2009, illustration of one Rockefeller example p. 67 

Overall very good condition. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Giacometti and it is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database under number AGD4035; the lamp was additionally impressed AG 01 by the Comité at the time of its authentication. The bronze surfaces throughout present with scattered minor surface scratches and abrasions consistent with age and gentle handling. The bronze with some occasional minor surface irregularities inherent in the making and not visually detractive. The gilding appears original and is in very good condition with some scattered minor discolorations, including several horizontal discolorations on one side of the vase. The shade is possibly original and is in very good condition with minor scattered discolorations and minor areas of creasing throughout. The shade with some extremely minor tears to the upper and lower edges with associated minor lifting.
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The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Giacometti and it is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database under number AGD4035.