'ALBATROSS' A PATINATED PLASTER SCULPTURE, 1927

Details

ALBERTO (1901-1966) AND DIEGO (1902-1985) GIACOMETTI
'Albatross' A Patinated Plaster Sculpture, 1927
65 in. (165 cm.) wide

Provenance

Madame Alice Cerf.
Thence by descent in the family.
Christie's London, 16 May 2001, lot 107.
Christie's London, 8 October 2003, lot 63.
with Galerie L'Arc en Seine, Paris.

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Lot Essay

cf. M. Butor and J. Vincent, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, pp. 30, 31, 33, 66, 67 for an other cast.

L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 207 for an illustration of another cast and pp. 59, 114-117 for more information and contemporary photographs of the Cerf commission.

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