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Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

Alberto Giacometti

A Rare Vase, Modèle Ovale

Auction Closed

April 22, 07:10 PM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

Alberto Giacometti

A Rare Vase, Modèle Ovale


circa 1933

tinted plaster

12 ⅞ in. (32.7 cm) high

Private Collection, Paris, acquired from Adolphe Chanaux's workshop, by repute

Thence by descent

Galerie Jacques De Vos, Paris

Collection Karl Lagerfeld, Paris

Sotheby's Paris, Collection Karl Lagerfeld Arts Décoratifs du XXe Siècle, May 15, 2003, lot 119

Acquired from the above by the present owners

Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, pp. 168-169

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 235

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