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Petit buste sur double socle
Details
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Petit buste sur double socle
signed and numbered 'A.Giacometti 6/8' (on the right of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'L.THINOT fdr Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 4½ in. (11.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1940-1941; this bronze version cast by L. Thinot in 1970
Petit buste sur double socle
signed and numbered 'A.Giacometti 6/8' (on the right of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'L.THINOT fdr Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 4½ in. (11.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1940-1941; this bronze version cast by L. Thinot in 1970
Provenance
Annette Giacometti; her sale [Sculptures par Alberto Giacometti provenant de la succession Annette Giacometti], Christie's, Paris, 2 September 2002, lot 16.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
The Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation database no. 1548.
The Alberto and Annette Giacometti Association database no. S2010-9.
The Alberto and Annette Giacometti Association database no. S2010-9.
Exhibited
Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Alberto Giacometti, 1990, no. 75 (illustrated p. 167).
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Alberto Giacometti, Werke und Schriften, 1998-1999, no. 15 (illustrated p. 40).
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, I Giacometti, la valle, il mondo, 2000 (illustrated p. 194).
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Alberto Giacometti, Werke und Schriften, 1998-1999, no. 15 (illustrated p. 40).
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, I Giacometti, la valle, il mondo, 2000 (illustrated p. 194).
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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Cornelia Svedman
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