ALBERTO GIACOMETTI | Lampe modèle « étoile »

Private Collection, United Kingdom (acquired by 1958)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Léopold Diego Sanchez, John David Edwards & Jacques Boulay, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, illustration of another cast p. 200
Françoise Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, vol. I, illustration of another cast pl. 32
Daniel Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'œuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, illustration of another cast p. 32
Adolphe Chanaux, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, illustration of another cast p. 244
François Baudot, Jean-Michael Frank, New York, 1999, illustration of another cast p. 76 
Diego Giacometti (exhibition catalogue), Galerie l'Arc en Seine, Paris, 2003, illustration of another cast p. 42

Rich brown patina with golden highlights. There is some minor rubbing consistent with use to the stem and minor surface scratches. There is some dust to the deepest crevices and some scattered minor spots of white accretion to the legs. The work is in overall good condition.
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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 as no. 4095.