ID 1027854 
Lot 18  | DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)
Estimate value
£ 2 000 000 – 3 000 000 
La console 'Hommage à Böcklin'
stamped 'DIEGO' and stamped again with the monogram 'DG' (on a crossbar)
bronze and iron with green and grey patina and copper
Height: 35 3/8 in. (90 cm.)
Width: 47 ¾ in. (121.4 cm.)
Depth: 13 ¼ in. (33.6 cm.)
Conceived circa 1978; this example cast in 1980
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist on 30 July 1980, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
J. Lord, 'Diego sculpteur' in Connaissance des Arts, Paris, June 1982, no. 364, p. 71 (another example illustrated; titled 'Console 'Coucher de soleil'' and dated '1981').
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 33 (a detail of another example illustrated in situ).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 92 (another example illustrated).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti: Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, p. 110 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
Zurich, Museum Bellerive, Diego Giacometti: Möbel und Objekte aus Bronze, June - September 1988, no. 21, p. 110 (illustrated pl. 34, p. 51).
| Artist: | Diego Giacometti (1902 - 1985) | 
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Bronze | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe, Switzerland | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables | 
| Artist: | Diego Giacometti (1902 - 1985) | 
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Bronze | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe, Switzerland | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables | 
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