Object lessons: Givenchy's personal art collection and an unknown German still life painter

The Giacometti of Hubert de GivenchyChristie's Paris, 6 MarchTotal estimate 6M-9MThe sale features 21 pieces custom-made for the fashion designer Givenchy by Diego Giacometti (1902-85). Born in Switzerland, Diego (the brother of Alberto) went to Paris as a young man to work with the interior designer Jean-Michel Frank, who introduced him to such fashion luminaries as Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel. He also met Gustav Zumsteg, a textile designer who supplied silks to Dior, Yves Saint Laurent