ID 717734
Lot 70 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
£ 900 000 – 1 200 000
Nu debout sur socle cubique
signed and numbered 6⁄8 Alberto Giacometti' (on the right side of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base); stamped again with the foundry mark ‘SUSSE fres FONDEUR PARIS CIRE PERDUE’ (inside the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 17 1⁄8 in. (43.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1953; cast in bronze in 1991 by Susse Fondeur in a edition of ten, numbered 0⁄8-8/8 plus a Fondation cast
Provenance
Annette Giacometti, Paris.
Alice Tériade, Paris, a gift from the above.
Heinz Berggruen, Berlin & Paris, a gift from the above in 1991, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 4407.
| Artist: | Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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