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Property from the Collection of Peter M. Brant

Alberto Giacometti

"Osselet" Floor Lamp

Auction Closed

June 7, 06:14 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Peter M. Brant

Alberto Giacometti

"Osselet" Floor Lamp


circa 1933-1934

patinated bronze

58 in. (147.3 cm) high, excluding fittings

Private Collection
Sotheby's Paris, December 17, 2020, lot 46
Acquired from the above by the present owner
"Magie de la Lumière," Art et Industrie, no. 3, 1946, p. 34
"Vice-Presidential Mansion: The Nelson Rockefellers' Residence in Washington, D.C.," Architectural Digest, March/April 1976, p. 138
Malcolm Carter, "Nelson Rockefeller: 'I know exactly what I like'," ARTnews, May 1978, p. 115
Michel Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, pp. 95 and 141
John Loring, "Nelson Rockefeller's Fifth Avenue Apartment: Recalling the Residence of the Notable Politician and Philanthropist," Architectural Digest, April 2001, p. 114
Christian Boutonnet, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Galerie L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 2003, p. 41
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2006, p. 347
L'atelier d'Alberto Giacometti: Collection de la Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, exh. cat., Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2007, p. 409

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