DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)
DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)

A TABOURET DE COIFFEUSE À L'HARPIE, CIRCA 1960

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DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)
A Tabouret de Coiffeuse à l'Harpie, circa 1960
23 in. (58.5 cm.) high
stamped DIEGO X
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the consignor, a Private European Collector, 1983.
Literature
This is one of the very pair illustrated:
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 45. The pair have since been reupholstered.

Lot Essay

An invoice prepared by Diego Giacometti bearing his 54 rue du Moulin-Vert stamp and dated 'Paris 7-2-1983' confirms the purchase of several items including '2 Petites Chaise [sic] en bronze décapé à 2000 Fr (each) 4000 Fr', lots 75 and 76. The invoice remains in the possession of the consignor.

The model illustrated:
cf. M. Butor and J. Vincent, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 108. F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, vol. II, Paris, 1986, p. 46.
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 45.
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2002, p. 76.

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