Alberto Giacometti - Design London Wednesday, September 26, 2012 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    James Mason, circa 1965
    Clarissa Kaye-Mason, by descent, 1984
    Bonham’s, London, ‘Post War and Contemporary Art & Design’, 10 March 2010, lots 11–12

  • Literature

    Michel Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 95 for a similar example
    Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period, New York, 2008, p. 257 for a similar example

  • Catalogue Essay

    The actor James Mason received these lamps as a gift from a close friend circa 1965. After his death in 1984, the lamps remained with his widow, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, at their house in Lausanne, Switzerland. These lamps are numbers 1676 and 1677 in the Alberto Giacometti Catalogue Raisonné.

26

Pair of 'Knuckle' standard lamps

circa 1936
Bronze, paper shades.
Each: 185.5 cm (73 in) high, 63.5 cm (25 in) diameter, including shade
Underside of one impressed with 'AG 04' and the other 'AG 05' (2). Together with a certificate of authenticity from the Giacometti Comité.

Estimate
£150,000 - 200,000 Ω

Sold for £301,250

Design

27 September 2012
London