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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Alberto Giacometti, Femme Assise (La Mère de L'Artiste), 1947

Alberto Giacometti Swiss , 1901-1966

Femme Assise (La Mère de L'Artiste), 1947
oil on cavas
69.5 x 37.1 cm
signed Alberto Giacometti (lower right)
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Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquired from the artist in 1950)

Dr. Jules Stein, Los Angeles (acquired from the above in 1955)

Jean Stein, New York (acquired from the above circa 1957)

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (a gift from the above in 1976)

Jean Stein (re-acquired from the above in 1986)
Sotheby’s New York, 14/11/2017, lot 3

Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions

New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Alberto Giacometti, 1950, no. 31 (titled The Cook)

New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Alberto Giacometti, 1955, n.n.

New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Masters of Seven Centuries: Paintings and Drawings from the 14th to 20th Century: Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Wellesley College Faculty Salary Advancement Fund, 1962

Venice, XXXI Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, 1962, no. 969

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Exhibition of Sculpture, Paintings & Drawings by Alberto Giacometti, 1985, no. 2, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Sidney Janis, Alberto Giacometti, Exhibition of Sculpture, Paintings, and drawings by Alberto Giacometti, 1985, New York, no. 2, illustrated

The Solomon Guggenheim Museum, Alberto Giacometti, 1955,

Alberto Giacometti database, AGD 3765

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