Lot Essay
Michel Audiard, who earlier owned this work, was a celebrated script writer, who made his name in France in the 1960s with the film Les tontons flingueurs.
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Table basse trapézoïdale: modèle aux cerfs et aux chiens
Details
Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
Table basse trapézoïdale: modèle aux cerfs et aux chiens
inscribed with the signature and monogram 'DIEGO DG' (on the lateral strut)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 17 in. (43.2 cm.)
Length: 26 1/8 in. (66.3 cm.)
Depth: 21½ (54.6 cm.)
Table basse trapézoïdale: modèle aux cerfs et aux chiens
inscribed with the signature and monogram 'DIEGO DG' (on the lateral strut)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 17 in. (43.2 cm.)
Length: 26 1/8 in. (66.3 cm.)
Depth: 21½ (54.6 cm.)
Provenance
Michel Audiard, France.
Acquired from the wife of the above in 1986.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 30 April 1999, lot 109.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired from the wife of the above in 1986.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 30 April 1999, lot 109.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
M. Butor & J. Vincent, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985 (another cast illustrated p. 125).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986 (another cast illustrated pp. 106-107).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986 (other casts illustrated pp. 84-85).
F. Baudot, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2001, p. 78 (another cast illustrated n.p.).
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986 (another cast illustrated pp. 106-107).
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986 (other casts illustrated pp. 84-85).
F. Baudot, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2001, p. 78 (another cast illustrated n.p.).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
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