Artworks at TEFAF Maastricht 2023, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd

ALBERTO GIACOMETTI  (1901-1966)

Femme Assise (La Mère de L'Artiste)

1947

Oil on canvas

27 3/8 by 14 5/8 in./ 69.5 by 37.1 cm

Signed Alberto Giacometti (lower right)

Collections

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)
Sale: Sotheby’s New York, November 14, 2017 (lot 3)

Private Collection, UK

Exhibited

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

Notes

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Giacometti and it is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database as AGD 3765.