Of Form & Color: Art & Design from the Emmanuel de Bayser Collection
Alberto Giacometti
Pair of "Étoile" Table Lamps
Auction Closed
June 10, 06:51 PM GMT
Estimate
220,000 - 280,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Of Form & Color: Art & Design from the Emmanuel de Bayser Collection
Alberto Giacometti
Pair of "Étoile" Table Lamps
designed circa 1935
patinated bronze, vellum shade
impressed AG029 and AG030, respectively
16 ¼ in. (41.3 cm) high, each, excluding fittings
Werner Muensterberger, Germany
Galerie Chastel Maréchal, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2017
"Le 32e Salon des Artistes Décorateurs," Art et Décoration, no. 2, 1946, p. 89
"Le Salon des Artistes Décorateurs," Plaisir de France, August 1946, p. 13
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank/Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1980, p. 200
Françoise Francisci, Catalogue de l'œuvre de Diego Giacometti, vol. 1, Paris, 1986, p. 32
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank/Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, p. 244
Christian Boutonnet and Rafael Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 42
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: L'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 347
This lot is offered together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Giacometti and is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database.