Alberto Giacometti
Pair of "Étoile" Table Lamps
Auction Closed
December 6, 05:52 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Alberto Giacometti
Pair of "Étoile" Table Lamps
designed circa 1935
patinated bronze, paper shades
each impressed DIEGO and monogrammed DG
24½ in. (62.2 cm) high each, excluding fittings
10⅛ in. (25.7 cm) maximum diameter of each shade
Collection of the artist
Donald Young Gallery, circa 1982
Private Collection
Sotheby's New York, May 12, 1999, lots 353B and 353C
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Donald Young Gallery, circa 1982
Private Collection
Sotheby's New York, May 12, 1999, lots 353B and 353C
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 200
Françoise Francisci, Catalogue de l'œuvre de Diego Giacometti, vol. 1, Paris, 1986, p. 32
Christian Boutonnet and Rafael Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 42
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2006, p. 347
Françoise Francisci, Catalogue de l'œuvre de Diego Giacometti, vol. 1, Paris, 1986, p. 32
Christian Boutonnet and Rafael Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 42
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2006, p. 347
This lot is offered together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Giacometti for each lamp. The lamps were each additionally impressed AG 070 and AG 071 respectively by the Comité at the time of their authentication.