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Property from the Collection of Nelson Rockefeller: Eastern Traditions & Western Visions

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Alberto Giacometti

Pair of "Le Poing" Sconces

Auction Closed

November 19, 04:46 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Alberto Giacometti

1901 - 1966

Pair of "Le Poing" Sconces


each impressed MADE IN FRANCE

en suite with the previous lot

from the Rockefeller 810 Fifth Avenue apartment 

designed circa 1935

executed in 1939

gilt bronze, alabaster

11 3/8 x 5 5/8 x 9 in. (29 x 14.3 x 23 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 4273 and 4278.

Please note the correct Alberto Giacometti Database numbers for this pair of sconces is 4278 and 4273.
Commissioned directly from the artist by Jean-Michel Frank for Nelson Rockefeller, 1939
Charles Juliet, Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 33 (for a closely related model) 
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 248 (for a closely related model) 
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, L'étrange Luxe du Rien, Paris, 2006, p. 237 (for a closely related model) 
Véronique Wiesinger, Giacometti: La figure au Défi, Paris, 2007, p. 43 (for a closely related model) 
Laure Verchère, Jean-Michel Frank, New York, 2018, p. 90 (for a closely related model)