Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
THE COLLECTION OF RICHARD L. WEISMAN
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)

Lampe modèle "flambeau," petit modèle

Details
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Lampe modèle "flambeau," petit modèle
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.)
Designed by Alberto Giacometti for Jean-Michel Frank circa 1933-1934; this bronze version cast by Diego Giacometti at a later date
Provenance
Marcia and Frederick Weisman, Los Angeles (circa 1970).
By descent from the above to the late owner.
Literature
L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, p. 239 (another cast illustrated in color).
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: L'étrange luxe de rien, Paris, 2006, pp. 28-29, 68 and 152 (terracotta version illustrated in color, p. 29; other versions illustrated pp. 28, 68 and 152).
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 4162.

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