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

Lampe à étoile

Details
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Lampe à étoile
stamped with the founder's mark and monogram 'DIEGO DG ' (on the side of the leg); stamped with the artist's initials and numbered 'AG 038' (under another leg)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 16 in. (40.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1935-1937 and cast by Diego Giacometti at a later date
Provenance
Private collection, London; sale, Christie's, London, 20 October 1989, lot 367 (part lot).
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 200 (another cast illustrated).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'œuvre, vol. I, no. 32 (another cast illustrated).
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 3906.

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