ID 1442697
Lot 131 | DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
'Carcasse à la chauve-souris' Low Table, circa 1985
patinated bronze, glass
17 1/8 x 50 5/8 x 33 5/8 in. (43.5 x 128.5 x 85.5 cm)
impressed DIEGO and with artist's monogram DG
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, acquired directly from the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner 1985
Literature
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986, vol. I, p. 95
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 116
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, pp. 106-107, 109
I Giacometti: la valle, il mondo, exh. cat., Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Milan, 2000, p. 245
D. Marchesseau and F. C. Prodhon, Diego Giacometti: la collection Marc Barbezat, Paris, 2017, pp. 96-99
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, pp. 30-31 (for a related example), 104-105, 217
| 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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