Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
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Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)

L'autruche

Details
Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
L'autruche
stamped 'DIEGO DG' (under the tail)
bronze with brown and green patina and porcelain egg
Height: 19¼ in. (49 cm.)
Designed circa 1977; this bronze version cast by 1979
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the present owner, 1979.
Literature
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, vol. I, p. 115 (another cast illustrated, p. 20).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 124 (another cast illustrated).
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, exh. cat., Paris, 2003, p. 95 (another cast illustrated in color).

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