Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)

Petit buste d'homme

Price realised EUR 3,042,000
Estimate
EUR 3,000,000 – EUR 5,000,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)

Petit buste d'homme

Price realised EUR 3,042,000
Closed: 13 Apr 2022
Price realised EUR 3,042,000
Closed: 13 Apr 2022
Details
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Petit buste d'homme
signé et numéroté 1⁄6 A. Giacometti' (au dos)
bronze peint
Hauteur: 22.1 cm.
Conçu en 1950; cette épreuve fondue en 1950 par Alexis Rudier dans une édition de 8 exemplaires

signed et numbered 1⁄6 A. Giacometti' (on the back)
painted bronze
Height: 8 3⁄4 in.
Conceived in 1950; this bronze cast in 1950 by Alexis Rudier in an edition of 8
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Pierre Matisse, New York.
Puis par descendance.
Literature
P. Bucarelli, Giacometti, Maestri del XX secolo, Rome, 1962, no. 47 (une autre épreuve illustrée).
V. Wiesenger, dir., L'Atelier d'Alberto Giacometti, Collection de la Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, cat. exp., Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2007, p. 404, no. 172 (une autre épreuve illustrée, p. 191, no. 313).
Base de données de la Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, no. AGD 4410.
Exhibited
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Alberto Giacometti, novembre 1950, p. 6 (illustré).
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. Please note that in addition to the regular Buyer’s premium, a commission of 5.5% inclusive of VAT of the hammer price will be charged to the buyer. It will be refunded to the Buyer upon proof of export of the lot outside the European Union within the legal time limit. (Please refer to section VAT refunds).

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