"Figure" or "Woman's head" floor lamp

Bronze with brown patina.
Made for Jean-Michel Frank (signed "Alberto Giacometti" on the base)
Paris, circa 1937.

Height (without shade): 154 cm

Provenance: former Darryl F. Zanuck collection, Los Angeles; former D. R. collection, Los Angeles.

Bibliography: Michel Butor, "Diego Giacometti", ed. A. Maeght, Paris, 1985, p. 121 (another illustrated print); Daniel Marchesseau, "Diego Giacometti", ed. Hermann, Paris, 1986, p. 11 (another cast illustrated); L.-D. Sanchez, "Jean-Michel Frank. Adolphe Chanaux", éd. du Regard, Paris, 1997, p. 250 (another cast illustrated); P. E. Martin-Vivier, "Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien", éd. Norma, Paris, 2006, pp. 143, 198 and 250 (other cast illustrated).