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Important and Rare 'Oiseau', Curved Version, circa 1937
Details
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Important and Rare 'Oiseau', Curved Version, circa 1937
plaster
18 ½ x 59 7⁄8 x 16 1⁄8 in. (47 x 152 x 41 cm)
inscribed MADE IN FRANCE
Important and Rare 'Oiseau', Curved Version, circa 1937
plaster
18 ½ x 59 7⁄8 x 16 1⁄8 in. (47 x 152 x 41 cm)
inscribed MADE IN FRANCE
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Zellerbach, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, circa 1937, commissioned from Frances Elkins (Vestibule)
Norah and Norman Stone, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 1994
Acquired from the above by the present owner, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 2022
Norah and Norman Stone, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 1994
Acquired from the above by the present owner, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 2022
Literature
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1980, p. 207
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, pp. 30-31, 33, 40-41, 66-67
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 30
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, New York, 1987, p. 30
T. Stooss and P. Elliott, Alberto Giacometti: 1901-1966, exh. cat., National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1996, pp. 18-19, fig. 22
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, p. 253
F. Baudot, Diego Giacometti, New York, 2001, pp. 61, 79
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 254 (for a discussion of the commission)
V. Wiesinger, The Studio of Alberto Giacometti: Collection of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, exh. cat., Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2007, pp. 288, no. 423 (for a drawing of this design); 289, no. 425
C. de Nicolay-Mazery, French Interiors, The Art of Elegance, Paris, 2008, pp. 127, 145, 147
V. Wiesinger, Giacometti, exh. cat., Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, 2012, pp. 128, 130, 380
P. Büttner, et. al., Alberto Giacometti: Beyond Bronze Masterworks in Plaster and Other Materials, Zürich, 2016, p. 117, fig. 95
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti: Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, p. 214
M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, pp. 30-31, 33, 40-41, 66-67
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 30
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, New York, 1987, p. 30
T. Stooss and P. Elliott, Alberto Giacometti: 1901-1966, exh. cat., National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1996, pp. 18-19, fig. 22
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, p. 253
F. Baudot, Diego Giacometti, New York, 2001, pp. 61, 79
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 254 (for a discussion of the commission)
V. Wiesinger, The Studio of Alberto Giacometti: Collection of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, exh. cat., Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2007, pp. 288, no. 423 (for a drawing of this design); 289, no. 425
C. de Nicolay-Mazery, French Interiors, The Art of Elegance, Paris, 2008, pp. 127, 145, 147
V. Wiesinger, Giacometti, exh. cat., Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, 2012, pp. 128, 130, 380
P. Büttner, et. al., Alberto Giacometti: Beyond Bronze Masterworks in Plaster and Other Materials, Zürich, 2016, p. 117, fig. 95
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti: Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, p. 214
Further Details
This lot is registered under number AGD 4690 in the Alberto Giacometti Database and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Alberto Giacometti Comité dated 2025.
Images 1-2, 5-6: Photography by Flying Studio
Images 3-4: Photography by Glen Cheriton
Images 1-2, 5-6: Photography by Flying Studio
Images 3-4: Photography by Glen Cheriton
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