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Diego Giacometti after a design by Alberto Giacometti

Lampadaire modèle (figure)

Closed5 May 2011

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Diego Giacometti after a design by Alberto Giacometti
Lampadaire modèle (figure)
stamped 'A. GIACOMETTI' and with monogram 'DG' (on the side of the base)
bronze with green patina; wired for electricity
Height: 61¾ in. (156.8 cm.)
Conceived circa 1933-1934 by Alberto Giacometti for Jean-Michel Frank; this bronze version cast by Diego Giacometti in 1981

Acquired from Diego Giacometti by the late owners, January 1983.

M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 125 (another cast illustrated).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, p. 115 (another cast illustrated).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, New York, 1986, p. 35 (another cast illustrated).
L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, pp. 115 and 250 (other casts illustrated).
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, L'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 143 (another cast illustrated).

Please note this work is by Diego Giacometti after a design by Alberto Giacometti.

This object differs from the original model created by Alberto Giacometti and is, therefore, not a part of the edition adapted from the original masterpiece. However, since the documentation confirms the object comes from Diego Giacometti, who was responsible for the edition of this floor lamp model after his brother's death, The Giacometti Committee agrees to let it circulate in the market but will not include this variant in the catalogue raisonné of Alberto Giacometti's works.

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Lampadaire modèle (figure)

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