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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)

Lot 20
14.06.2022 16:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 20 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)

Femme qui marche [I]

Signé et numéroté 'Alberto Giacometti III/IV' (sur la terrasse)

Bronze à patine brun foncé

H.: 150,5 cm.

Conçu en 1932-36; cette épreuve fondue en 1955 par les fonderies Fiorini et Carney dans une édition de 4 exemplaires plus une épreuve d'artiste, deux autres épreuves et deux épreuves nominatives fondues ultérieurement.





Provenance

Hannover Gallery, Londres (en 1955) ;

Joseph-Berthold Urvater, dit Bertie et Gaëtane-Gilberte Urvater, dit Gigi, Bruxelles (en 1968) ; vente, Sotheby & Co., Londres, 7 juillet 1971, lot 44 ;

Collection particulière (acquis au cours de cette vente) ;

Collection particulière, France (le 7 juillet 1971) ;

Rachel Lambert Mellon, dit Bunny Mellon, Upperville, VA (le 17 octobre 1971) ;

Acquis auprès de celle-ci avant 1978.



Literature

P. Bucarelli, Giacometti, Rome, 1962, p. 76, no. 20 (une autre épreuve illustrée; daté '1933-34').

J. Dupin et E. Scheidegger, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1962, p. 218 (une autre épreuve illustrée; daté '1933-34').

C. Huber, Alberto Giacometti, Lausanne, 1970, p. 123 (une autre épreuve illustrée en couleurs, p. 40; daté '1933-34').

R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1971, p. 306, no. 70 (la version en plâtre illustrée, pl. 70).

J. Dupin et M. Leiris, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1978, p. 187 (une autre épreuve illustrée, p. 82; daté '1932-34').

J.-L. Gaillemin, 'Architectural Digest visits: Hubert de Givenchy', in Architectural Digest, juin 1978, p. 83-84 (illustré en couleurs in situ).

B. Lamarche-Vadel, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1984, p. 70, no. 100 (une autre épreuve illustrée, p. 70; daté '1933-34').

E. Scheidegger, Traces d'une amitié, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1991, p. 108 (une autre épreuve illustrée, p. 116; daté '1932-33').

Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti, Biographie d'une œuvre, Paris, 1991, p. 572, no. 190 (une autre épreuve illustrée en couleurs, p. 210; daté '1932-34').

J.-L. Gaillemin 'Revisits: Hubert de Givenchy, Remembering the Fashion Designer's Rue Fabert Residence', in Architectural Digest, octobre 2002, p. 276 (illustré en couleurs in situ).

L'atelier d'Alberto Giacometti, Collection de la Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, cat. exp., Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2007, p. 401, no. 101 (une autre version illustrée).

D. Ottinger, Dictionnaire de l'objet surréaliste, Paris, 2013, p. 122-123 (une autre version illustrée en couleurs, p. 123).

T. Mathews, Alberto Giacometti, The Art of Relation, Londres, 2014, p. 170, no. 33 (une autre version illustrée).



Base de données de la Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, no. AGD 4321.



Exhibited

Berne, Kunsthalle, Alberto Giacometti, juin-juillet 1956, no. 10 (daté '1933').

Knokke-le-Zoute, Casino communal, Trésors du surréalisme, juin-septembre 1968, no. 60 (illustré; daté '1950-52').

Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Alberto Giacometti, octobre 1969-janvier 1970, p. 148, no. 29 (illustré, p. 33; daté '1932-33').



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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Femme qui marche [I]
Signed and numbered 'Alberto Giacometti III/IV' (on the top of the base)
Bronze with dark brown patina
59 1⁄4 in. high
Conceived in 1932-36; this bronze cast in 1955 by the Fiorini & Carney foundries in an edition of 4 plus one artist's proof, two proofs and two nominative proofs cast at a later date.
Artist:Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Surrealism
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