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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2019 | Simone de Beauvoir | 2 | Christie's | New York | |||
sculpture
13.3 cm (5.25 in)
bronze with green and brown patina
signed and numbered 'A. Giacometti 2/8' (on the left side of the base), inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
Annette Giacometti, Paris.
Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., London (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 4 October 1988.
L. Wilson, Alberto Giacometti: Myth, Magic, and the Man, New Haven, 2003, p. 201 (series discussed).
V. Wiesinger, Giacometti, São Paulo, 2012, p. 257 (plaster version illustrated in situ in the artist's studio, p. 256; another cast illustrated in color, p. 257).
J. Pissarro, Alberto Giacometti, Yves Klein: In Search of the Absolute, exh. cat., Gagosian Gallery, London, 2016 (another cast illustrated in situ in the artist's studio, fig. 5).
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 4113.
signed and numbered 'A. Giacometti 2/8' (on the left side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1946 and cast in 1988
