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After Alberto Giacometti

andirons, pair

Excalibur Bronze
France, 1936 / 1978
cast bronze, enameled steel 13¼ h × 11¼ w × 9½ d in (34 × 29 × 24 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $37,500
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This pair of bronze andirons is from the Nelson Rockefeller Collection (CNR). In 1977 Nelson A. Rockefeller founded Nelson Rockefeller Collection, Inc. and had his collection of original works by Diego and Alberto Giacometti cast in bronze and reproduced in small editions.
Signed with impressed manufacturer's mark to each example: [C 1978 NR].
literature: The Nelson Rockefeller Collection, Nieman Marcus catalog, 1980, fig. 53

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