ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) Chandelier for Peter Watson
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 52 3/4 in. (134 cm.)
Width: 60 3/8 in. (153.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1946-1947; cast circa 1947-1949; this work is unique
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) Chandelier for Peter Watson
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 52 3/4 in. (134 cm.)
Width: 60 3/8 in. (153.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1946-1947; cast circa 1947-1949; this work is unique
Peter Watson, Paris & London, by whom commissioned directly from the artist for the Horizon magazine office, London. (Probably) Cyril Connolly, London. Elizabeth Denton, London, circa 1965. John Craxton, R.A., London, by whom acquired from the above in the late 1960s, and thence by descent.
Holt, Holt Festival: Craxton-Picasso Exhibition, July 2022.
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 4333.
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