Alberto GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) - Lot 53

Alberto GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) Étoile" floor lamp. Bronze proof with brown patina patina. Signed Diégo, monogram, and engraved, AGD 4695 on one foot by the Giacometti Committee. H. 148.5 cm History: designed by Alberto Giacometti for Jean-Michel Frank, circa 1936, edited by Diego Giacometti. Bibliography: L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1980, similar model, repr. p. 204; M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, similar model, repr. p. 142 ; F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, vol. I, similar similar model, repr. p. 115; D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, similar model repr. p. 11; L.D. Sanchez, Jean- Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, similar model repr. pp. 170 and 250; F. Baudot, Diego Giacometti, New York, 2001, similar model repr. p. 77; C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, repr. p. 38. This work is referenced by the Alberto and Annette Giacometti Annette Giacometti in its online database, Alberto Giacometti Database (AGD), under number 4695. It will be included in the Catalogue raisonné de l'objet d'art décoratif by Alberto Giacometti. The Giacometti Foundation document will be given to the to the purchaser.