Head of woman
Table lamp in plaster with black
patina Around 1933
H: 47 cm
(Slight accidents, lacks and restorations)
Bibliography:
- L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Franck & Adolphe Chanaux, Editions du Regard, 1997, reproduced in colour p. 238 (plaster copy), reproduced in black and white p. 244 (plaster copy).
- M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Adrien Maeght Éditeur, Paris, 1985, similar model reproduced in black and white p. 59.
- D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Hermann, Paris, 1986, reproduced in colour p. 11, similar model reproduced in black and white p. 35
- F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, vol. I, Eolia, Paris, 1986, p. 115, similar model reproduced in black and white pp. 26 (detail) and 27
- C. Boutonnet, R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2003, similar model reproduced in colour p. 35.
This model of lamp was first created in plaster around 1933-1935, the lamp was then edited in bronze for Jean-Michel Frank in 1937.
The edition will continue after the war, and will be distributed by Pierre Matisse and Jacques Adnet.
This work will be included in the catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by the Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation; it is referenced by the Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation in its online database, Alberto Giacometti Database (AGD), under the number AGD 4008.
A certificate from the Giacometti Committee will be given to the purchaser.
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