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L'autruche
Details
Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
L'autruche
stamped 'Diego DG' (on the underside of the tail)
bronze with green patina and ostrich egg
Height: 19½ in. (49.5 cm.)
Designed circa 1977
L'autruche
stamped 'Diego DG' (on the underside of the tail)
bronze with green patina and ostrich egg
Height: 19½ in. (49.5 cm.)
Designed circa 1977
Provenance
Anon. (acquired from the artist, 1979); sale, Christie's, New York, 12 November 1997, lot 307.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, vol. I, p. 115 (related version with base illustrated, pl. 20).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 124 (related version illustrated).
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Paris, 2003, p. 95 (another cast illustrated in color).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 124 (related version illustrated).
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Paris, 2003, p. 95 (another cast illustrated in color).