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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Lot 15 A pair of andirons of this design in Nelson Rockefeller's drawing room, 812 Park Avenue, New York

ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)

A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE ANDIRONS, DESIGNED 1936

Closed26 September 2007

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USD 385,000

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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
A Pair of Gilt-Bronze Andirons, designed 1936
each 13½ in. (34 cm.) high, 11½ in. (29 cm.) wide, 15½ in. (39 cm.) long (2)

Private collection, Paris.
Christie's, Paris, 20 May 2003, lot 71.

Specialist note

cf. M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 101.
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1985, p. 104 and p. 45 for a view of Nelson Rockefeller's New York apartment with a pair of andirons of this model.

This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Fondation Giacometti, Paris.