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L'autruche
Details
Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
L'autruche
stamped 'Diego X' (underneath the tail)
bronze with brown and green patina and ostrich egg
19¼ x 7¼ x 10¼in. (48.3 x 17.5 x 25.2cm.)
Designed circa 1977; this bronze version cast by 1979
L'autruche
stamped 'Diego X' (underneath the tail)
bronze with brown and green patina and ostrich egg
19¼ x 7¼ x 10¼in. (48.3 x 17.5 x 25.2cm.)
Designed circa 1977; this bronze version cast by 1979
Literature
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, vol.I, p.115 (another cast illustrated p.20)
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p.124 (another cast illustrated)
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Paris, 2003, p.95 (another cast illustrated)
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p.124 (another cast illustrated)
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Paris, 2003, p.95 (another cast illustrated)
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