The present lamp was originally designed by Alberto Giacometti circa 1937 for Jean-Michel Frank and was sold in the latter's shop on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris. The design reflects the artist and designer’s shared interest in classical forms. The 1930s examples were produced in large and small sizes and cast in plaster. From 1948, Alberto Giacometti cast both sizes of the model in bronze for his dealer Pierre Matisse and for the Compagnie des Arts Français, which at that time was under the direction of Jacques Adnet.

The present lot has been authenticated by the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti and is registered in the Alberto Giacometti Database, the online catalogue of authentic works by the artist, as number AGD 2997.