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Lot Essay
cf. D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 74 for another bookcase of this model.
This bibliotheque was originally in the collection of Isabelle Waldberg (1911-1990), a sculptor, who was a former member of George Batailles's secret society Acéphale and a member of the Surrealist Group. Her work was included in Peggy Guggenheim's 1944 exhibition Art of This Century. Her husband Patrick Waldberg (1913-1985) was a French writer and art critic who was acquainted with most of the surrealist artists. He wrote numerous essays on André Breton, Jacques Hérold, Max Ernst and Alberto Giacometti.
This bibliotheque was originally in the collection of Isabelle Waldberg (1911-1990), a sculptor, who was a former member of George Batailles's secret society Acéphale and a member of the Surrealist Group. Her work was included in Peggy Guggenheim's 1944 exhibition Art of This Century. Her husband Patrick Waldberg (1913-1985) was a French writer and art critic who was acquainted with most of the surrealist artists. He wrote numerous essays on André Breton, Jacques Hérold, Max Ernst and Alberto Giacometti.