Alberto Giacometti Swiss , 1901-1966
Buste d'Annette IV , Conceived in 1962 and this bronze version was cast in 1963
Conceived and cast 1962
Bronze with dark brown patina
58.2 x 21.9 x 18.3 cm
Signed and numbered ‘2/6 Alberto Giacometti, 3/6’ on the back side at the bottom
Collections
Galerie Maeght, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1963, and thence by descent through the family.
Helly Nahmad Gallery, London, by whom acquired from the above in 1995.
Private Collection, acquired 2001.
Private Collection, London.
Exhibited
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Marguerite et Aime Maeght, Inauguration de la Fondation Marguerite et Aime Maeght, 1964.
Paris, Musee de l'Orangerie des Tuileries, Alberto Giacometti, October 1969 - January 1970, no. 110.
Rome, Accademia di Francia, Villa Medici, Alberto Giacometti, October - December 1970, no. 40. Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Marguerite et Aime Maeght, Alberto Giacometti, July – September 1978, no. 110.
Literature
R.J. Moulin, Alberto Giacometti: Sculptures, New York, 1964, no. 24 (another cast illustrated).
R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti, Stuttgart, 1971, no. 263, p. 309 (another cast illustrated p. 263).
M. Miro, 'Detroit Pieces Measure Up in New Exhibition', in Detroit Free Press, 14 February 1982, p. 8G (another cast illustrated).
B. Lamarche-Vadel, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1984, p. 155 (another cast illustrated).
H. Matter, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1987, p. 221 (another cast illustrated p. 172).
Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti, A Biography of His Work, Paris, 1991, no. 517 (another cast illustrated p. 512).
A. Schneider, ed., Alberto Giacometti, Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, New York, 1994, no. 144
(another cast illustrated).
Alberto Giacometti database, no. AGD 4309.
Notes
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Giacometti and it is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database as AGD 4309.
Bronze with dark brown patina
58.2 x 21.9 x 18.3 cm
Signed and numbered ‘2/6 Alberto Giacometti, 3/6’ on the back side at the bottom
Collections
Galerie Maeght, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1963, and thence by descent through the family.
Helly Nahmad Gallery, London, by whom acquired from the above in 1995.
Private Collection, acquired 2001.
Private Collection, London.
Exhibited
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Marguerite et Aime Maeght, Inauguration de la Fondation Marguerite et Aime Maeght, 1964.
Paris, Musee de l'Orangerie des Tuileries, Alberto Giacometti, October 1969 - January 1970, no. 110.
Rome, Accademia di Francia, Villa Medici, Alberto Giacometti, October - December 1970, no. 40. Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Marguerite et Aime Maeght, Alberto Giacometti, July – September 1978, no. 110.
Literature
R.J. Moulin, Alberto Giacometti: Sculptures, New York, 1964, no. 24 (another cast illustrated).
R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti, Stuttgart, 1971, no. 263, p. 309 (another cast illustrated p. 263).
M. Miro, 'Detroit Pieces Measure Up in New Exhibition', in Detroit Free Press, 14 February 1982, p. 8G (another cast illustrated).
B. Lamarche-Vadel, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1984, p. 155 (another cast illustrated).
H. Matter, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1987, p. 221 (another cast illustrated p. 172).
Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti, A Biography of His Work, Paris, 1991, no. 517 (another cast illustrated p. 512).
A. Schneider, ed., Alberto Giacometti, Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, New York, 1994, no. 144
(another cast illustrated).
Alberto Giacometti database, no. AGD 4309.
Notes
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Giacometti and it is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database as AGD 4309.
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