Sale 1852
New York
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5 June 2007
Price realised
USD 156,000
Estimate
DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985) A Pair of Leather and Patinated Bronze Chairs, Modèle Fondation Maeght, circa 1960 each 36¾ in. (93.4 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Monsieur Tubiana. Monsieur Sobelman. With Galerie Vallois, Paris.
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cf. D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, pp. 70-71 for examples of this model. M. Butor and J. Vincent, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, pp. 54 and 59 for examples of this model.
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