63 - ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901–1966)

ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901–1966) Star, model created around [1935] Lamp base. Bronze cast with a rich brown-black patina, very slightly tinged with antique green. Signed “DIEGO” and with the stylized monogram “D.G.” on the edge of one of the legs; monogrammed and numbered “AG083” on the base by the Giacometti Committee beneath one of the legs. Height: 40.5 cm Important: This work has been included in the artist’s catalog raisonné and referenced in the Alberto Giacometti Database under number AGD 4831 by the Giacometti Foundation. A document from the Giacometti Foundation confirming the inclusion of this work in the artist’s catalog raisonné and its listing in the Alberto Giacometti Database will be provided to the buyer. Provenance: Private collection, France. Bibliography: - *Mobilier et Décoration* – No. 3, 1946. An identical model is reproduced on page 15. - *Art et Industrie* – No. 5, 1946. An identical model is reproduced on page 7. - *Art et Décoration* – No. 2, 1946. An identical model is reproduced on page 83. - *Art et Décoration* – No. 11, 1948. An identical model is reproduced on page 11. - Léopold Diego Sanchez – Jean-Michel Frank – Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1980. An identical model is reproduced on page 200. - Various Authors – Diego Giacometti – Catalogue of Works – Éditions Eolia, Paris, 1986. An identical model is reproduced in this volume (unpaginated). - Christian Boutonnet and Rafael Ortiz, with a foreword by James Lord – Diego Giacometti – Éditions de l’Amateur/Galerie L’Arc-en-Seine, Paris, 2003. Identical models reproduced on page 42. - Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier – Jean-Michel Frank – Éditions Norma, Paris, 2006. Identical models reproduced on pages 294 and 347. The buyer is responsible for the resale royalty on this lot.