Ottilia
Details
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Ottilia
signed and numbered 'A.Giacometti 6/6' (on the back)
bronze with gold patina
Height: 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.)
Conceived circa 1937-1939; this bronze version cast by L. Thinot in 1982
Ottilia
signed and numbered 'A.Giacometti 6/6' (on the back)
bronze with gold patina
Height: 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.)
Conceived circa 1937-1939; this bronze version cast by L. Thinot in 1982
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 April 1990, lot 362.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti, biographie d'une oeuvre, Paris, 1991, no. 246 (another cast illustrated p. 274).
The Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation database no. 1547.
The Alberto and Annette Giacometti Association database no. S2010-8.
The Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation database no. 1547.
The Alberto and Annette Giacometti Association database no. S2010-8.
Exhibited
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Alberto Giacometti, May - November 1986, no. 80 (illustrated pp. 168-169 & 268).
Madrid, Galería Elvira González, Siete mil años de escultura moderna, January - March 1997, no. 51 (illustrated p. 67).
Madrid, Galería Elvira González, Siete mil años de escultura moderna, January - March 1997, no. 51 (illustrated p. 67).
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
Brought to you by
Cornelia Svedman
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