Alberto Giacometti
Pair of Chenets

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Artist Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901–1966)Swiss, 1901–1966

CultureSwiss

Titles

Pair of Chenets
Pair of Andirons

Datedesigned 1933, made 1939

Made inFrance

MediumGilt bronze and iron

DimensionsEach: 13 1/4 × 11 1/2 × 14 7/8 in. (33.7 × 29.2 × 37.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment and the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors, in honor of Gary Tinterow

Object number2020.353.1,.2

Not on view

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceCommissioned directly from the artist by Jean-Michel Frank for Nelson Rockefeller, 1939; [Sotheby's, New York, November 19, 2020]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Exhibition Historyn/a
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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Each impressed on back: AG08 / MADE IN FRANCE
Each impressed on bottom: MADE IN FRANCE

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