Chat maître d'hôtel; version au plateau creux

Details

Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
Chat maître d'hôtel; version au plateau creux
signed 'Diego' (on the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 11¾ in. (30 cm.)
Conceived in 1967 and cast at a later date

Literature

M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985 (other casts illustrated). F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986, p. 19 (another cast illustrated).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, New York, 1987, p. 121 (another cast illustrated).

Special notice

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Lot Essay

According to Marchesseau (op cit.) Chat maître d'hôtel was executed in two versions. The first, conceived in 1961, shows the cat holding a rectangular platter; the second version, conceived in 1967, to which the present work belongs, shows a cat holding a bowl with its tail slightly off the ground.

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