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Buste De Diego (Aménophis) by Alberto Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti

Buste De Diego (Aménophis), 1954

Bronze
Sculpture
Edition of 6
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Last recorded sale at Sotheby's, London (24 Jun 2009)
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Past Sales
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ImageLast Sale DateTitleEdition No.Last SaleLast Sale Auction HouseLast Sale Location
Jun 24, 2009Buste De Diego (Aménophis)2
Sotheby'sLondon
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Artwork Description
Category

sculpture

Dimensions

37.8 cm (14.88 in)

Materials

bronze

Signature

inscribed Alberto Giacometti, numbered 2/6 and with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris

Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris. Sidney Janis Gallery, New York.

Sale: Christie's, New York, 15th May 1990, lot 72. Galerie

Jan Krugier, Geneva.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1999.

Exhibited

Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Alberto Giacometti, sculptures, peintures, dessins, 1991-92, no. 206, illustrated in colour in the catalogue (titled Petit buste sur socle (Aménophis))

Literature

Palma Bucarelli, Giacometti, Rome, 1962, no. 50, illustration of another cast (titled Bust of the Brother Diego and as dating from 1952-53). Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1984, no. 218, illustration of another cast p. 151 (titled Buste mince). Herbert & Mercedes Matter, Giacometti, New York, 1987, illustrations of another cast pp. 77, 116 & 117. Tahar Ben Jelloun, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1991, illustration of another cast p. 19. Yves Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti. A Biography of his Work, Paris, 1991, illustration of another cast p. 441. Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, L'Atelier d'Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 2007, no. 203, illustration of the plaster p. 405