DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)
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DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)

A 'Chasseurs' Low Table, Modèle aux Hiboux et aux Grenouilles, conceived circa 1963

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DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)
A 'Chasseurs' Low Table, Modèle aux Hiboux et aux Grenouilles, conceived circa 1963
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 16 in. (40.5 cm.)
Width: 27 1/8 in. (61.1 cm.)
Depth: 20 5/8 in. (52.8 cm.)
stamped DIEGO and with artist monogram (on the crossbar)
Provenance
Galerie Gianna Sistu, Paris (acquired from the artist, circa 1984).
Donald Young Gallery, Chicago (acquired from the above, October 1984).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, March 1985.
Literature
For other examples of this model:
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, pp. 109, 125.
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti: Catalogue de l'Oeuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, pl. 104.
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 85.
Exhibited
Chicago, Donald Young Gallery, Giacometti Furniture, December 1984-January 1985, no. 5.
Special Notice
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