A Trompette Floor Lamp by Alberto Giacometti, A Very Limited Edition

Published on 21 June 2024, by Caroline Legrand

Auction on 27 June 2024 - 14:00 (CEST) - 7, rue d'Astorg - 31000 Toulouse

Alberto Giacometti's bronze lighting fixtures are a benchmark in the decorative arts of the 1930s: elongated objects that are highly prized on the market, especially when they are as rare as this model.

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Trompette floor lamp, grooved version, in bronze... A Trompette Floor Lamp by Alberto Giacometti, A Very Limited Edition

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Trompette floor lamp, grooved version, in bronze with golden-brown patina, period edition cast, c. 1935, monogrammed and numbered "AG 02", engraved on the base by the Giacometti Committee, h. 150.3 cm/4.93 ft. Estimate: €150,000/200,000
Succession Alberto Giacometti / Adagp, Paris

"This grooved version of the Trompette floor lamp is the first to be auctioned," says expert Maxime Grail. Created around 1935 and produced in an unknown but very limited number of copies, this model is extremely rare. This copy is the second to be archived by the Comité Giacometti, and is therefore inscribed "AG 02", the first…

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