ID 1163389
Lot 16 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
Figure I, petite
signed and numbered ‘Giacometti 1⁄6’ (on top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
15 7⁄8 x 4 1⁄8 x 4 1⁄8 in. (40.4 x 10.2 x 10.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1947, cast between 1947-1948 in a numbered edition of six
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Private collection.
Galerie Krugier et Cie, Geneva.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in 1963 and thence by descent.
Literature
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 4590.
Exhibited
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Alberto Giacometti: Exhibition of sculptures, paintings, drawings, January - February 1948, no. 25.
Geneva, Galerie Krugier et Cie, Alberto Giacometti, May - July 1963, no. 24 (titled ‘Annette’).
| Artist: | Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966) |
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| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966) |
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| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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