ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966). - Lot 51

ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966). Egyptian, sometimes and formerly known as Tutankhamun, the model designed around [1933]. Lamp. Plaster. Early edition, mid-1930s. Height: 50.3 cm - Length: 48.5 cm Depth: 18.5 cm Restoration and cleaning; supervised by the Alberto Giacometti Foundation. Important note: This work has been included in the artist's catalog raisonné and referenced in the Alberto Giacometti Database under number AGD 4575 by the Giacometti Foundation. A document from the Giacometti Foundation for the inclusion of this work in the artist's catalog raisonné and its referencing in the Alberto Giacometti Database will be given to the purchaser. Provenance and history : Jean and Violet Henson Collection (1894-1974) (1887-1971). Work most probably received as a gift from Jean-Michel Frank (cf. Jean Henson, A time for réflexion, éditions Somogy, Paris, 1949, page 194). Archives : - Our Lampe Égyptienne by Alberto Giacometti appears on a watercolour by Chapman Anderson Sidney Roy (1916-199) painted at the Henson home in 1969, depicting the petit salon in the 1940s. This work is part of a suite of 38 watercolors by the artist depicting interior and exterior (garden) views of the Henson villa. - Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris - An identical model is reproduced on a period photograph conserved under number 5024 of the Fonds Félix Marcilhac deposited in this institution as MAR 1-2. Bibliography and related works - Art et Décoration - N° 3 de Mars 1936. An identical model partially reproduced on page 91. - Art et Décoration - 1st quarter 1939. An identical model, featured in Jean-Michel Frank's décor for Madame Artaud's dining room, is reproduced on page 5. - Art et Industrie - N° 1, November 1945. An identical model, featured in Jean-Michel Frank's set for Madame Artaud's dining room, is reproduced on page 20. - Art et Industrie - N° 3, March 1946. Identical model reproduced on page 34. - Daniel Marchesseau - Diego Giacometti - Éditions Hermann, Paris, 1986. Identical model reproduced on page 34. - Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux: Aux sources du XXe siècle II, Intérieurs - Catalogue of the exhibition organized in 1990 at Galerie Jacques de Vos, Paris, Éditions Galerie Jacques de Vos, Paris, 1990. Identical models reproduced on pages 88-91. - Léopold Diego Sanchez - Jean-Michel Frank - Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1997. Identical model reproduced on page 136, in Monsieur Born's apartment; pages 158-159, in Madame Artaud's dining room; page 241; and page 246 (plaster with black patina). - Christian Boutonnet and Rafaël Ortiz - Diego Giacometti - Éditions de l'Amateur and Galerie L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 2003. An identical model is reproduced on page 33. - Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier - Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien - Éditions Norma, Paris, 2006. An identical model is reproduced on page 155, in Madame Artaud's dining room; on pages 198-199 and 250, in a photograph of the Chanaux workshops; and on pages 344 and 368. - Surreal Things, Surrealism and Design - Catalogue of the touring exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (March 29 - July 22, 2007); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (September 29, 2007 - January 6, 2008); Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao (March 3 - September 7, 2008), V&A Publications, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2007. An identical model is reproduced on page 54, in the dining room of Syria Maugham's Waddesdon Manor Pavilion, and on page 201. - Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier - Jean-Michel Frank: un décorateur dans le Paris des années 30 - Catalogue of the exhibition organized by the Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint-Laurent, Paris (October 2, 2009 - January 3, 2010), Éditions Norma, Paris, 2009. An identical model is reproduced on page 72.