MASTERPIECES FROM THE COLLECTION OF SAM JOSEFOWITZ: A LIFETIME OF DISCOVERY AND SCHOLARSHIP
DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)
La paire de fauteuils pommeaux de canne
Details
DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)
La paire de fauteuils pommeaux de canne
bronze with brown patina and steel
Height of each: 31 5⁄8 in. (80.6 cm.)
Width of each: 20 5⁄8 in. (52.5 cm.); 19 ¾ in. (50 cm.)
Depth of each: 20 ½ in. (52 cm.)
(2)Conceived circa 1969
La paire de fauteuils pommeaux de canne
bronze with brown patina and steel
Height of each: 31 5⁄8 in. (80.6 cm.)
Width of each: 20 5⁄8 in. (52.5 cm.); 19 ¾ in. (50 cm.)
Depth of each: 20 ½ in. (52 cm.)
(2)Conceived circa 1969
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist on 4 December 1978, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 123 (another example illustrated in situ).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'œuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986, p. 73 (another example illustrated; titled 'Fauteuil aux boutons').
J. von Sprecher, Diego Giacometti tritt aus dem Schatten, Zurich, 2007, p. 105 (another example illustrated).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, p. 174 (other examples illustrated in situ pp. 46 & 174; a detail of another example illustrated pp. 175, 176 & 179).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'œuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986, p. 73 (another example illustrated; titled 'Fauteuil aux boutons').
J. von Sprecher, Diego Giacometti tritt aus dem Schatten, Zurich, 2007, p. 105 (another example illustrated).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, p. 174 (other examples illustrated in situ pp. 46 & 174; a detail of another example illustrated pp. 175, 176 & 179).
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