ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) - photo 1
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) - photo 2
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) - photo 3
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) - photo 4
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) - photo 5
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) - photo 6
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) - photo 7

ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)

Lot 23
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Lot 23 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
$ 9 000 000 – 12 000 000
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Composition avec trois figures et une tête (La Place)
signed and twice numbered 'Alberto Giacometti 6/6' (on the right side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 22 ¼ in. (56.5 cm.)
Width: 21 ¾ in. (55.2 cm.)
Depth: 16 ½ in. (41.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1950; this bronze version cast before July 1952




Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (acquired from the above, 1964).
PaceWildenstein, New York (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 24 July 2001.



Literature

Letter from A. Giacometti to P. Matisse, circa 1950.
D. Sylvester, Alberto Giacometti, exh. cat., Arts Council Gallery, London, 1955, no. 21 (another cast illustrated, pl. X).
E. Scheidegger, ed., Alberto Giacometti: Schriften, Fotos, Zeichnungen, Zurich, 1958, p. 81 (another cast illustrated, p. 112).
P. Bucarelli, Giacometti, Rome, 1962, p. 78, no. 40 (illustrated).
J. Dupin, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1962, p. 256 (another cast).
R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti, Stuttgart, 1971, pp. 139-140 and 308 (another cast illustrated, p. 123).
B. Lamarche-Vadel, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1984, p. 135 (another cast illustrated, fig. 189).
C. Juliet, Giacometti, New York, 1985, p. 76 (another cast illustrated).
H. and M. Matter, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1987, p. 219 (another cast illustrated in color, pp. 88-89).
Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti: A Biography of His Work, Paris, 1991, p. 347, no. 319 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 346).
T.B. Jelloun, ed., Alberto Giacometti and Tahar Ben Jelloun, Paris, 1991, p. 11 (another cast illustrated).
A. Schneider, Alberto Giacometti: Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, New York, 1994, no. 58 (another cast illustrated, pl. 56).
D. Sylvester, Looking at Giacometti, New York, 1994 (another cast illustrated, pl. 7).



Exhibited

Alberto Giacometti, exh. cat., Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1950, pp. 3 and 5-6 (another cast illustrated, p. 19).
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Old Masters in XXth Century European Art, February-March 1966.
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Selected Works from Two Generations of European and American Artists, January 1967, no. 35.
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Giacometti and Dubuffet, November 1968, no. 3 (illustrated in situ).
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, 20th Century European Art, February-March 1970, no. 39 (illustrated in situ).
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Giacometti: Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Death of Alberto Giacometti, January 1976, no. 8 (illustrated; illustrated again in situ in the 1968 and 1970 exhibitions at Sidney Janis Gallery, New York).
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Exhibition of Sculpture, Painting and Drawing by Alberto Giacometti, September-November 1985, no. 35 (illustrated; illustrated again in situ).
London, Gagosian Gallery, Alberto Giacometti, Yves Klein: In Search of the Absolute, April-June 2016, pp. 16 and 136 (illustrated in color, pp. 17 and 136).



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 4641.
Artist:Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland
Auction house category:Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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