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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)

Lot 43
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Lot 43 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Femme debout, sans bras
signed and numbered 'Alberto Giacometti 3/6' (on the side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 25 ½ in. (65 cm.)
Conceived in 1958; this bronze version cast in 1963




Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Diamond Gallery, New York.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above, 9 February 1966).
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (acquired from the above, 10 July 1967).
Jeffrey Loria, Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1968).
Weintraub Gallery, New York.
The Milton D. Ratner Family Collection, Fort Lee, New Jersey (by 1974); sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 16 May 1984, lot 323.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.



Literature

R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1971, p. 254 (another cast illustrated).



Exhibited

Geneva, Galerie Engelberts, Alberto Giacometti: Dessins, estampes, livres illustrés, sculptures, March-April 1967, p. 85, no. 98 (another cast illustrated, pp. 85 and 97; titled Femme mastoque).
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Présence des maîtres, June-September 1967, no. 16 (illustrated; dated 1958-1959 and titled Femme mastoque).
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Paintings and Sculpture by Giacometti & Dubuffet, November 1968, no. 10 (illustrated in situ in the exhibition; dated 1958-1959 and titled Femme mastoque).
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Alberto Giacometti: A Retrospective Exhibition, April-June 1974, p. 110, no. 90 (illustrated; titled Femme mastoc).
The Art Institute of Chicago; River Forest, Illinois, Rosary College; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Madison, Elvehjem Art Center and Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Alberto Giacometti: The Milton D. Ratner Family Collection, November 1974-May 1975, p. 58, no. 48.
Purchase, State University of New York, Neuberger Museum; Wichita State University, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art; Sarasota, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; The University of Texas at Austin, University Art Museum; The Denver Art Museum; Seattle Art Museum; The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Art Center; Jacksonville Art Museum and The Newark Museum, Alberto Giacometti: Sculptor and Draftsman, March 1977-June 1979, no. 8 (illustrated).



Further Details

The Comité Giacometti has confirmed the authenticity of this work which is registered in the Fondation Giacometti’s online database, the Alberto Giacometti Database, under the AGD number 4655.
Artist:Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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