ID 976527
Lot 64 | ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
'Oiseau', designed circa 1937
plaster
18 1/8 x 62 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. (46 x 158.5 x 4 cm)
Provenance
James Lord, Paris
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1995
Literature
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, pp. 30-31, 33, 66-67
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 30
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, New York, 1987, p. 30
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, p. 207
A. Chanaux, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, p. 253
F. Baudot, Diego Giacometti, New York, 2001, pp. 61, 79
C. Boutonnet et R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., l'Arc en Seine, Paris, 2003, pp. 20, 22-23
V. Wiesinger, The Studio of Alberto Giacometti: Collection of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, exh. cat., Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2007, p. 289
C. de Nicolay-Mazery, French Interiors, The Art of Elegance, Paris, 2008, pp. 127, 145, 147
P. Büttner, et. al., Alberto Giacometti: Beyond Bronze Masterworks in Plaster and Other Materials, Zürich, 2016, p. 117
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti: Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, p. 214
Post lot text
This lot is registered under number AGD 4505 in the Alberto Giacometti Database and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Alberto Giacometti Comité.
| Artist: | Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plaster, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Furniture and Lamps |
| Artist: | Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plaster, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Furniture and Lamps |
| Address of auction |
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