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Property from the Estate of Sanford Richard Robertson
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Tête au long cou
Details
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Tête au long cou
signed 'Alberto Giacometti' (on the right side of the base); numbered '4⁄6' (on the left side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.)
Conceived circa 1949; this bronze version cast in 1965
Tête au long cou
signed 'Alberto Giacometti' (on the right side of the base); numbered '4⁄6' (on the left side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.)
Conceived circa 1949; this bronze version cast in 1965
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata, Venice.
Waddington Galleries, Ltd., London (acquired from the above, 1994).
Private collection, Chicago (acquired from the above, 1995); sale, Christie's, New York, 6 November 2001, lot 62.
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 18 November 2015.
Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata, Venice.
Waddington Galleries, Ltd., London (acquired from the above, 1994).
Private collection, Chicago (acquired from the above, 1995); sale, Christie's, New York, 6 November 2001, lot 62.
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 18 November 2015.
Literature
Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti: A Biography of his Work, Paris, 1991, p. 441 (another cast illustrated).
Further Details
The Comité Giacometti has confirmed the authenticity of this work which is registered in the Fondation Giacometti’s online database, the Alberto Giacometti Database, under the AGD number 4667.
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