Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)

Chat maître d'hôtel

Details

Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
Chat maître d'hôtel
signed 'Diego' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 11¾ in. (30 cm.)
Conceived in 1967; this bronze version cast by 1981

Provenance

Ivy Rosenquist, Paris (acquired from the artist, July 1981).
Gift from the above to the present owner, 2008.

Literature

F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, p. 115 (another cast illustrated, p. 19).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 120 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 121).
F. Baudot, Diego Giacometti, New York, 2001, p. 79 (another cast illustrated).

Présenté par

Max Carter

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Descriptif du lot

The present work was acquired directly from the artist by Ivy Rosenquist (figs. 1-3). She remained close with Diego Giacometti until his death and gifted Chat maître d'hôtel to the present owner in 2008.

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