Alberto Giacometti - The Collector: Icons of Design New York Tuesday, December 16, 2014 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Camard, Paris, "Sculptures Tableaux Moderne," June 15, 2005, lot 74
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Michel Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 142
    Françoise Francisi, Diego Giacometti: Catalogue de l’oeuvre, Vol. 1, Paris, 1986, p. 31
    Daniel Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 11
    François Baudot, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1998, p. 42
    Christian Boutonnet and Rafael Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, p. 38

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"Star" floor lamp

designed circa 1936, cast from 1962
Patinated bronze, paper shade.
58 1/2 in. (148.6 cm) height of cast, 71 3/4 in. (182.2 cm) overall height
Cast by Diego Giacometti, France. Base impressed with DIEGO DG.

Estimate
$100,000 - 150,000 

Sold for $242,500

Contact Specialist
Alexander Payne
Worldwide Head of Design
London
+44 20 7318 4052

Alex Heminway
Director of Design
New York
+1 212 940 1268

The Collector: Icons of Design

New York Auction 16 December 2014 5pm