Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
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Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)

Lampadaire grande feuille

Details
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Lampadaire grande feuille
bronze with golden brown patina; wired for electricity
Height: 59¼ in. (150.5 cm.)
Designed by Alberto Giacometti for Jean-Michel Frank circa 1934; this bronze version cast during the artist's lifetime
Literature
L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1980, pp. 158, 160 and 163 (another cast illustrated in situ).
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, pp. 107 and 139 (another cast illustrated in situ).
A. Chanaux, Jean-Michel Frank, intérieurs, Paris, 1990, pp. 84 and 86 (another cast illustrated in situ, p. 84; another cast illustrated in color, pp. 85 and 87; titled Lampadaire).
L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, pp. 164, 166 and 169 (another cast illustrated in situ; another cast illustrated in color, p. 242).
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 136 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 134; titled Lampadaire géométrique).
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2006, p. 366 (another cast illustrated in color).
V. Wiesinger, Giacometti, São Paulo, 2012 (another cast illustrated in color).
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 2999.

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