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Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Nu (Figurine sur cube)
Details
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Nu (Figurine sur cube)
signed, dated and numbered on the right side of the base 'Alberto Giacometti 1953 1/6', inscribed with foundry mark on the back of the base 'Susse Fondeur'
bronze with black patina
Height: 22¾ in. (57.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1953 and cast in 1953-1954
Nu (Figurine sur cube)
signed, dated and numbered on the right side of the base 'Alberto Giacometti 1953 1/6', inscribed with foundry mark on the back of the base 'Susse Fondeur'
bronze with black patina
Height: 22¾ in. (57.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1953 and cast in 1953-1954
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
James and Dorothy Schramm, Burlington, Iowa (acquired from the above in 1954)
James and Dorothy Schramm, Burlington, Iowa (acquired from the above in 1954)
Literature
R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti, Stuttgart, 1971, p. 309 (another cast illustrated, p. 198)
B. Lamarche-Vadel, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1984, p. 140, no. 200 (another cast illustrated)
M. Matter, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1987, p. 219 (another cast illustrated, p. 96)
B. Lamarche-Vadel, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1984, p. 140, no. 200 (another cast illustrated)
M. Matter, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1987, p. 219 (another cast illustrated, p. 96)
Exhibited
Amherst, Massachusetts, Mead Art Building, Art of the Twentieth Century Collected by James S. and Dorothy Schramm, Oct.-Nov., 1961, p. 18. The exhibition traveled to Des Moines, Art Center, Jan.-Feb., 1962.
Further details
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