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Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Lampe à tête de femme
Details
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Lampe à tête de femme
signed 'Alberto Giacometti' (on the right side of the base)
bronze with brown patina; wired for electricity
Height: 20 in. (50.8 cm.)
Designed by Alberto Giacometti for Jean-Michel Frank circa 1937; this bronze version cast by Diego Giacometti by the late 1960s
Lampe à tête de femme
signed 'Alberto Giacometti' (on the right side of the base)
bronze with brown patina; wired for electricity
Height: 20 in. (50.8 cm.)
Designed by Alberto Giacometti for Jean-Michel Frank circa 1937; this bronze version cast by Diego Giacometti by the late 1960s
Provenance
Harry Sherwood, Los Angeles (acquired in the late 1960s).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 59 (other casts
illustrated).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, p. 115 (another cast illustrated, pp. 26-27).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 35 (another cast illustrated).
L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, pp. 239 and 244 (plaster version illustrated, pp. 238 and 244; titled Lampe en staff, à tête de femme, dated 1936).
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 1664.
illustrated).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, p. 115 (another cast illustrated, pp. 26-27).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 35 (another cast illustrated).
L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, pp. 239 and 244 (plaster version illustrated, pp. 238 and 244; titled Lampe en staff, à tête de femme, dated 1936).
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 1664.
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