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Herbert Lust: Collector, Scholar, Friend
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
'Osselet' Floor Lamp, Second Version, designed circa 1930, executed by 1961
Details
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
'Osselet' Floor Lamp, Second Version, designed circa 1930, executed by 1961
patinated bronze, paper shade
67 ½ in. (171.5 cm.) high, 20 in. (50.7 cm.) diameter of shade
numbered AG 34
'Osselet' Floor Lamp, Second Version, designed circa 1930, executed by 1961
patinated bronze, paper shade
67 ½ in. (171.5 cm.) high, 20 in. (50.7 cm.) diameter of shade
numbered AG 34
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the late owner, circa 1961
Literature
L.-P. Guigues, "Magie de la Lumière," Art et Industrie, Paris, April 1946, p. 34 (another cast illustrated)
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, pp. 95, 141 (other casts illustrated)
Alberto Giacometti, exh. cat., Portland Museum of Art, Maine, 2000, p. 47, fig. 17 (for a photograph of Herbert Lust's living room with an 'Osselet' floor lamp, 2000)
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 347 (another cast illustrated)
V. Weisinger, The Studio of Alberto Giacometti: Collection of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Paris, 2007, p. 409, no. 278 (another cast illustrated)
P.-E. 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 (another cast illustrated)
D. Marchesseau and F. C. Prodhon, Diego Giacometti : la collection Marc Barbezat, Paris, 2017, pp. 148-153 (another cast illustrated)
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, pp. 95, 141 (other casts illustrated)
Alberto Giacometti, exh. cat., Portland Museum of Art, Maine, 2000, p. 47, fig. 17 (for a photograph of Herbert Lust's living room with an 'Osselet' floor lamp, 2000)
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 347 (another cast illustrated)
V. Weisinger, The Studio of Alberto Giacometti: Collection of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Paris, 2007, p. 409, no. 278 (another cast illustrated)
P.-E. 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 (another cast illustrated)
D. Marchesseau and F. C. Prodhon, Diego Giacometti : la collection Marc Barbezat, Paris, 2017, pp. 148-153 (another cast illustrated)
Further Details
The Giacometti Committee has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which is listed in the Giacometti Foundation's online database, the Alberto Giacometti Database, under the number AGD 4843.
Presentado por
Michael Baptist
Vice President, Specialist, Co-Head of Day Sale