ID 1164092
Lot 251 | DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
Le chat maître d'hôtel
stamped 'Diego' (on the top of the base)
bronze with golden brown patina
height: 11 ¾ in. (29.7 cm.)
Conceived circa 1967
Provenance
Ludmilla & Hans Arnhold, New York, and thence by descent.
Private Foundation, Europe, to whom gifted from the above.
Literature
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985 (another version illustrated p. 121).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'œuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986 (another version illustrated pl. 19; titled 'Chat à la coupelle').
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 120 (other versions illustrated pp. 120, 121 & 193 and on the back cover).
F. Baudot, Diego Giacometti, New York, 2001, p. 79 (another version illustrated, titled 'Maître d'Hôtel Cat').
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, p. 141 (another version illustrated).
| Artist: | Diego Giacometti (1902 - 1985) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Diego Giacometti (1902 - 1985) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
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