The famous Christie’s auction house is preparing to display an antique “chandelier” for sale at an auction in London. The historic chandelier was purchased for only 250 pounds, and it is expected to fetch millions from its sale.

History of the Pleiades

In 1960, British painter John Craxton was passing by the shop when he recognized a one-of-a-kind chandelier by Alberto Giacometti as a piece that belonged to his late friend and philanthropist Peter Watson, the art collector. CNN Arabic.

The historical chandelier belongs to the Swiss sculptor and painter Giacometti, who was famous for his tall sculptures, such as “L’homme au doigt” (the man with the finger), and “L’homme qui marche” (The Walking Man), and these two sculptures, are among the most expensive sculptures ever sold at auction.

The Swiss sculptor Giacometti has many sculptures, and his influence on Surrealism shows many unique pieces, including this chandelier. Giacometti died in 1966, at the age of 64..

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The expected selling price of the chandelier

The distinctive chandelier, made of bronze with golden-brown patina, is about 134 centimeters long and about 152 centimeters wide, and its value is expected to range between $1.9 million and $3.7 million. Another chandelier was previously sold to Giacometti at auction in 2018, for more than from $9 million.

The late art collector, Watson Giacometti, commissioned the design “Chandelier for Peter Watson” During a trip he made to the French capital, Paris, where Giacometti lived and worked, between 1946-1947, as Watson headed towards the London office of the famous literary and arts magazine “Horizon”, which he co-founded, and the chandelier remained hanging in the office until the magazine closed in 1950, and placed in storage.

A decade later, after Watson’s death, the British painter and friend of Watson, Craxton, discovered the chandelier in an antique shop, bought it and hung it in the music room of his home in Hampstead, north London, and Craxton died in 2009, and the chandelier was sold among his possessions.

Michele McMullan, chief specialist at Christie’s, said the chandelier is a blend of Giacometti’s work and styles unlike anything else she’d seen from the sculptor’s work before. Pleiades, on February 28, in London.