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

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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.
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Published References On the Commission/Model: Bony, Anne. Furniture and Interiors of the 1940s. Paris: ____, 2002. Butor, Michel. Diego Giacometti. Paris: _____, 1985. Carter, Malcolm N. “Nelson Rockefeller: I know Exactly What I like,” Art News (May 1973): 115. Jean-Michel Frank: Un Decorateur dans les Paris des Annees 30. Ex cat. Paris: Fondation Pierre Berge Yves Saint Laurent, 2009: 67. Martin-Vivier, Pierre Emmanuel. Jean-Michel Frank: The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period. New York: Rizzoli, 2006. Miller, Dorothy Canning, ed. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection: Masterpieces of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1981. Sanchez, Leopold Diego. Jean-Michel Frank. Paris: Les Editions Du Regard, 1997. Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1969. 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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