ID 1164155
Lot 252 | DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
Carcasse à la chauve-souris
stamped 'DIEGO' and stamped again with the monogram 'DG' (on the stretcher bar)
bronze with brown and green patina
length: 50 ½ in. (128.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1979
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist circa the late 1970s-1980s, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 116 (another version illustrated).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'œuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986,p. 116 (another version illustrated pp. 95-97).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, pp. 106-107 (another version illustrated; dated 'circa 1970').
D. Giacometti, Möbel und Objekte aus Bronze, exh. cat., Museum Bellerive, Zürich, 1988, pp. 57-59.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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