Alberto Giacometti Swiss , 1901-1966
Buste d'Annette IV , Conceived in 1962 and this bronze version was cast in 1963
Bronze with dark brown patina
58.2 x 21.9 x 18.3 cm
Signed and numbered ‘5/6 Alberto Giacometti’. (on the right side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
Provenance:
héodore Fraenkel, Paris (gift from the artist).
Léna Leclercq, France (bequest from the above).
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (May 1965).
Sale: Sotheby's New York, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, New York; sale, 7/05/2014, lot 35.
Private collection
Sale: Christie’s New York, Modern evening sale, 11/05/2023, lot 53A.
Acquired from the above
Exhibited:
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Alberto Giacometti: Sculture, dipinti, disegni, January-April 1995, p. 238, no. 78 (illustrated in color, p. 239).
Literature:
R.-J. Moulin, Giacometti: Sculptures, New York, 1964, no. 24 (another cast illustrated).
R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1971, pp. 263 and 309 (another cast illustrated, p. 309).
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, pp. 154-155, no. 224 (another cast illustrated, p. 155).
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, pp. 510 and 512 (another cast illustrated in colour, p. 512, fig. 517).
J. Lord, Giacometti: A Biography, New York, 1986 (another cast illustrated).
T. Dufrêne, Alberto Giacometti: Les Dimensions de la réalité, Geneva, 1994, p. 183.
A. Schneider, ed., Alberto Giacometti, Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, New York, 1994, no. 144 (another cast illustrated).
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 2924.
58.2 x 21.9 x 18.3 cm
Signed and numbered ‘5/6 Alberto Giacometti’. (on the right side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base)
Provenance:
héodore Fraenkel, Paris (gift from the artist).
Léna Leclercq, France (bequest from the above).
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (May 1965).
Sale: Sotheby's New York, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, New York; sale, 7/05/2014, lot 35.
Private collection
Sale: Christie’s New York, Modern evening sale, 11/05/2023, lot 53A.
Acquired from the above
Exhibited:
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Alberto Giacometti: Sculture, dipinti, disegni, January-April 1995, p. 238, no. 78 (illustrated in color, p. 239).
Literature:
R.-J. Moulin, Giacometti: Sculptures, New York, 1964, no. 24 (another cast illustrated).
R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1971, pp. 263 and 309 (another cast illustrated, p. 309).
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, pp. 154-155, no. 224 (another cast illustrated, p. 155).
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, pp. 510 and 512 (another cast illustrated in colour, p. 512, fig. 517).
J. Lord, Giacometti: A Biography, New York, 1986 (another cast illustrated).
T. Dufrêne, Alberto Giacometti: Les Dimensions de la réalité, Geneva, 1994, p. 183.
A. Schneider, ed., Alberto Giacometti, Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, New York, 1994, no. 144 (another cast illustrated).
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 2924.
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