Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)

Chat maitre-d'hotel (The Master Cat)

Details
Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
Chat maitre-d'hotel (The Master Cat)
signed 'Diego' (on the top of the base) and numbered '3/8 (on the side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 11 in. (28.5 cm.)
Width: 3 in. (7.6 cm.)
Depth: 5.7/8 in. (14.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1961; this bronze version cast in 1967
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Literature
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, New York, 1987, p. 120 (another cast illustrated).