Sculpture by Design: Rateau | Giacometti | Les Lalanne

Sculpture by Design: Rateau | Giacometti | Les Lalanne

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Property from an Important French Collection

Alberto Giacometti

"Bilboquet" Table Lamp

Auction Closed

December 8, 04:49 PM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important French Collection

Alberto Giacometti

"Bilboquet" Table Lamp


designed circa 1937

terracotta, fabric shade

13 in. (33 cm) high, excluding fittings

10 in. (15 cm) diameter of shade

Sonia Delaunay, Paris, by repute
Lars Vain Hole, Paris
Artcurial, Paris, May 23, 2017, lot 86
Private Collection, Paris
Christie's New York, June 6, 2022, lot 8
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank/Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1980, p. 200
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, p. 244
Jean-Michel Frank, Un décorateur dans le Paris des années 30, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2009, p. 119
Laure Verchère et. al., Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2018, p. 201

This lot is offered together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Giacometti and is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database.