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FEMME ASSISE by Alberto Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti

FEMME ASSISE, 1956

Bronze
Sculpture
Edition of 8
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Momentum 12M
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Last recorded sale at Sotheby's, London (04 Feb 2020)
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Past Sales
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ImageLast Sale DateTitleEdition No.Last SaleLast Sale Auction HouseLast Sale Location
Feb 4, 2020FEMME ASSISE2
Sotheby'sLondon
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Artwork Description
Category

sculpture

Dimensions

50 cm (19.69 in)

Materials

bronze

Signature

inscribed Alberto Giacometti, dated 1956, numbered 2/8 and inscribed Susse Fondeur

Provenance

Valerie Cooper, London

Hanover Gallery, London (acquired from the above in April 1959)

Henry Oliver, Pittsburgh (acquired from the above in April 1959)

Sale: Christie’s, New York, 10th May 1989, lot 74

Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1999

Literature

Palma Bucarelli, Giacometti, Rome, 1962, no. 70, another cast illustrated (titled Figura and as dating from 1957)

Herbert Matter, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1987, another cast illustrated p. 150

Yves Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti: A Biography of his Work, Paris, 1991, no. 399, another cast illustrated p. 419 (titled Annette Seated)

L'Atelier d'Alberto Giacometti: Collection de la Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti (exhibition catalogue), Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2007-08, no. 206, fig. 304, plaster illustrated in colour p. 184

Description

inscribed Alberto Giacometti, dated 1956, numbered 2/8 and inscribed Susse Fondeur

bronze

height: 50cm.

19 5/8 in.

Executed in 1956 and cast in bronze in an edition of 8. This example was cast in 1957.