Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
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Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)

La table-berceau, première version

Details
Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
La table-berceau, première version
signed 'Diego' (once on each sidebar)
bronze with green and brown patina
15 3/8 x 53 3/8 x 20 1/8 in. (39 x 135.6 x 51 cm.)
Conceived circa 1963
Provenance
Private collection, New York, by whom acquired directly from the artist; sale, Christie's, New York, 2 October 1990, lot 178.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
M. Butor & J. Vincent, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 143 (another cast illustrated).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 66 (the smaller version illustrated).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1987, p. 67 (the smaller version illustrated).
Exh. cat., Diego Giacometti, Möbel und Objekte aus Bronze, Zurich, 1988, no. 10, p. 108 (the smaller version illustrated pl. 15-16, p. 37).
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