Auction on
24 June 2019 - 14:00 (CEST) -
Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
A "gourd" in wood and gilt plaster recalled the Swiss artist’s talent for designing utilitarian objects and his friendship with Jean-Michel Frank.
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) for Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941), Lampe Calebasse (Gourd), large model, wood and gilt patinated plaster, stamped "AG 01" under the base, designed before 1939, h. 25 cm. Result: 218,400 €
Alberto Giacometti started making decorative objects in 1929. The roots of this work lay in the interest he had shown very early on in the utilitarian objects of ancient or primitive…
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