ID 792632
Lot 545 | AUGUSTO GIACOMETTI (1877-1947)
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
Pflanzenstudie
inscribed 'Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur Nr. 4467' (on the reverse)
watercolour and ink and pencil on paper
26 5⁄8 x 19 in. (67.6 x 48.4 cm.)
Executed in 1898
Provenance
Edwin Lüscher, Seengen.
Anonymous sale, Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 11 June 2009, lot 44.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Chur, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Augusto Giacometti. Pionier der abstrakten Malerei. Ein Leben für die Farbe (Werkverzeichnis), July-September 1981, no. 331, p. 205.
Special notice
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Post lot text
The Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIK-ISEA) has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Augusto Giacometti (1877 - 1947) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Switzerland |
| Artist: | Augusto Giacometti (1877 - 1947) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Switzerland |
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