Buste de Diego sur tige

Details

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Buste de Diego sur tige
signed and numbered 'Alberto Giacometti 7/8' (on the back of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the left side of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris Cire Perdue' (on the inside of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.)
Conceived circa 1952, this bronze version cast in 1981

Provenance

The estate of Annette Giacometti, Paris; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28 September 2002, lot 6.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

J. Dupin, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1962, p. 276 (plaster version illustrated).
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 1153.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Sale room notice

Please note that this work is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti Database under no. 1153.