Paire de chenets aux oiseaux, le modèle créé vers 1973

Details

DIEGO GIACOMETTI 1902-1985
Paire de chenets aux oiseaux, le modèle créé vers 1973
Bronze patiné / patinated bronze
H 50 x l 25 x P 55 cm (chacun) / 19 ¾ x 9 7/8 x 21 5/8 in (each)

Provenance

Collection Hubert de Givenchy, commandés à l'artiste vers 1973.

Literature

D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Hermann, Paris, 2005, p. 97 pour le même modèle en bronze patiné blanc

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. This item will be transferred to an offsite warehouse after the sale. Please refer to department for information about storage charges and collection details.

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Lot Essay

Mrs Paul Mellon commandera ce même modèle de chenets à Diego, en bronze peint blanc, pour sa propriété d’Upperville, en Virginie.

Mrs Paul Mellon commissioned this same model of firedogs from Diego in white painted bronze, for her property in Upperville, Virginia.

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