Property from the Collection of Nelson Rockefeller: Eastern Traditions & Western Visions
Property from the Collection of Nelson Rockefeller: Eastern Traditions & Western Visions
Alberto Giacometti
Pair of Andirons
Auction Closed
November 19, 04:46 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Alberto Giacometti
1901 - 1966
Pair of Andirons
each impressed MADE IN FRANCE
from the Rockefeller 810 Fifth Avenue apartment
designed circa 1933
executed in 1939
gilt bronze, iron
13 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 14 7/8 in. (34 x 29 x 38 cm) each
This lot is offered together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Giacometti and it is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database under number 4276.
Commissioned directly from the artist by Jean-Michel Frank for Nelson Rockefeller, 1939
Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1969, p. 20 (for the model in situ in the Rockefeller 810 Fifth Avenue apartment)
Van Day Truex, "Jean-Michel-Frank Remembered," Architectural Digest, September-October 1976, pp. 74-75 (for the model in situ)
Malcolm N. Carter, "Nelson Rockefeller: 'I know exactly what I like'," ARTnews, May 1978, p. 116 (for the model in situ)
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 45 (for the model in situ)
Dorothy Canning Miller, ed., The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection: Masterpieces of Modern Art, New York, 1981, cover (for the model in situ)
Michel Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 101
Alberto et Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Galerie L’Arc en Seine, Paris, 1994, p. 25
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, pp. 45 (for the model in situ) and 104
Anne Bony, Furniture & Interiors of the 1940s, Paris, 2002, n.p. (for the model in situ)
Christian Boutonnet, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Galerie L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 2003, p. 53
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2006, p. 185 (for the model in situ)
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period, Paris, 2006, p. 185 (for the model in situ)
Jean-Michel Frank: Un Décorateur dans les Paris des Années 30, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2009, p. 67 (for the model in situ)
Laure Verchère, Jean-Michel Frank, New York, 2018, pp. 267-268 (for the model in situ)
Van Day Truex, "Jean-Michel-Frank Remembered," Architectural Digest, September-October 1976, pp. 74-75 (for the model in situ)
Malcolm N. Carter, "Nelson Rockefeller: 'I know exactly what I like'," ARTnews, May 1978, p. 116 (for the model in situ)
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 45 (for the model in situ)
Dorothy Canning Miller, ed., The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection: Masterpieces of Modern Art, New York, 1981, cover (for the model in situ)
Michel Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 101
Alberto et Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Galerie L’Arc en Seine, Paris, 1994, p. 25
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, pp. 45 (for the model in situ) and 104
Anne Bony, Furniture & Interiors of the 1940s, Paris, 2002, n.p. (for the model in situ)
Christian Boutonnet, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Galerie L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 2003, p. 53
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2006, p. 185 (for the model in situ)
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period, Paris, 2006, p. 185 (for the model in situ)
Jean-Michel Frank: Un Décorateur dans les Paris des Années 30, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2009, p. 67 (for the model in situ)
Laure Verchère, Jean-Michel Frank, New York, 2018, pp. 267-268 (for the model in situ)