by Sophie Reyssat
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), "Star" floor lamp base, model created in c. 1936, bronze proof with brown-black patina and subtle hints of antique green, monogrammed and numbered AG 042 on the foot by the Giacometti Committee, h. 148.7 cm/58.8 in. Result: €241,800
This non-specialist auction raised €935,671 including fees, a total that included this "Star" floor lamhttps://www.gazette-drouot.com/en/sold/miroirs-montres-bijoux-tableaux-anciens/120798 p by Alberto Giacometti, which at €241,800 doubled its estimate. Proportionally, an even more glittering success was achieved by his lamp base in this model, expected to fetch around €50,000, but finally sold for €167,400. Their provenance certainly helped these pieces, which are featured in the artist's catalogue raisonné and are referenced by the Giacometti Foundation: they have been kept until now by the descendants of a couple who ran a store specializing in lampshades and objets d'art, in Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, between 1950 and 1970.
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