In the Saleroom: Alberto Giacometti’s Grande tête mince

<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <p>Alberto Giacometti&rsquo;s <em>Grande t&ecirc;te mince </em>&ndash; the most highly-prized of the artist&rsquo;s busts &ndash; realized $53,282,500 at Christie's May 4 Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale. The stunning bronze sculpture, from the Collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody, was conceived in 1954 and counts among the first in Giacometti&rsquo;s series of radically innovative sculptural portraits in which he sought to reclaim a more realistic and concrete sense of space. The Evening Sale portion of the Brody Collection also achieved the highest total for a single-owner sale offered at Christie&rsquo;s New York. (RT: 6:16)</p> </span></span></p>