ID 949503
Lot 53 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
$ 2 500 000 – 4 500 000
Buste d'Annette IV
signed and numbered 'Alberto Giacometti 5/6' (on the right side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 22 7/8 in. (58 cm.)
Conceived in 1962; this bronze version cast in 1963
Provenance
Théodore Fraenkel, Paris (gift from the artist).
Léna Leclercq, France (bequest from the above).
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (May 1965).
The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, New York; sale, Sotheby's New York, 7 May 2014, lot 35.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
R.-J. Moulin, Giacometti: Sculptures, New York, 1964, no. 24 (another cast illustrated).
R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1971, pp. 263 and 309 (another cast illustrated, p. 309).
B. Lamarche-Vadel, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1984, pp. 154-155, no. 224 (another cast illustrated, p. 155).
J. Lord, Giacometti: A Biography, New York, 1986 (another cast illustrated).
Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti: A Biography of His Work, Paris, 1991, pp. 510 and 512 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 512, fig. 517).
T. Dufrêne, Alberto Giacometti: Les Dimensions de la réalité, Geneva, 1994, p. 183.
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 4477.
Exhibited
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Alberto Giacometti: Sculture, dipinti, disegni, January-April 1995, p. 238, no. 78 (illustrated in color, p. 239).
| 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 |
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