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Torse
Details
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1965)
Torse
signed, numbered and dated 'Alberto Giacometti 1925 2/6' (on the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 22 in. (56.5 cm.)
Width: 10 in. (25.4 cm.)
Depth: 9 in. (22.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1925 and cast at a later date
Torse
signed, numbered and dated 'Alberto Giacometti 1925 2/6' (on the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 22 in. (56.5 cm.)
Width: 10 in. (25.4 cm.)
Depth: 9 in. (22.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1925 and cast at a later date
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Arnold H. Maremont, Chicago; sale, Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 1 May 1974, lot 19.
Galerie Tarica, Paris.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1984, lot 251.
Arnold H. Maremont, Chicago; sale, Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 1 May 1974, lot 19.
Galerie Tarica, Paris.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1984, lot 251.
Literature
P. Selz, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1965, p. 31 (another cast illustrated).
C. Huber, Alberto Giacometti, Lausanne, 1970, p. 15 (another cast illustrated).
R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti, Stuttgart, 1971, p. 40 (another cast illustrated).
B. Lamarche-Vadel, Alberto Giocometti, Paris, 1984, p. 32, no. 44 (another cast illustrated, p. 33).
Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1991, p. 138, nos. 129-130 (another cast illustrated).
ed. A. Schneider, Alberto Giacometti, Munich, 1994, p. 53, no. 7 (another cast illustrated, p. 54).
C. Huber, Alberto Giacometti, Lausanne, 1970, p. 15 (another cast illustrated).
R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti, Stuttgart, 1971, p. 40 (another cast illustrated).
B. Lamarche-Vadel, Alberto Giocometti, Paris, 1984, p. 32, no. 44 (another cast illustrated, p. 33).
Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1991, p. 138, nos. 129-130 (another cast illustrated).
ed. A. Schneider, Alberto Giacometti, Munich, 1994, p. 53, no. 7 (another cast illustrated, p. 54).
Exhibited
Chicago, Illinois Institue of Technology, The Maremont Collection at the Institute of Design, 1961, no. 148.
Washington, D.C. Gallery of Modern Art, Treasures of 20th Century Art from the Maremont Collection, April-May 1964, no. 176 (illustrated). New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and San Francisco Museum of Art, Alberto Giacometti, June 1965-April 1966, no. 1 (illustrated, pl. 31).
Washington, D.C. Gallery of Modern Art, Treasures of 20th Century Art from the Maremont Collection, April-May 1964, no. 176 (illustrated). New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and San Francisco Museum of Art, Alberto Giacometti, June 1965-April 1966, no. 1 (illustrated, pl. 31).