Artworks at TEFAF Maastricht 2023, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)

Rue de l’Échaudé (Quatre figurines sur piédestal)
Executed in 1952
Pen and ink on paper
12 3/4 by 10 in./ 32.4 by 25.5 cm
Signed Alberto Giacometti and dated 1952 (lower right)

Collections
M & Mme Adrien Maeght, Paris (until at least 1996)
Pace Wildenstein, New York
Private Collection, USA (acquired from the above on April 9, 1999)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 12th November 2019 [lot 5]
Private Collection, UK

Exhibited
London, The Arts Council Gallery, Alberto Giacometti, 1955, no. 78, illustrated on the back cover of the catalogue
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie des Tuileries, Alberto Giacometti, 1969-70, no. 241, illustrated in the catalogue
Madrid, Fundacion Juan March, Giacometti, 1976, no. 34
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Alberto Giacometti, 1978, no. 238, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Galerie Adrien Maeght, Alberto Giacometti, Plâtres peints, 1984, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Alberto Giacometti, 1986, no. 117, illustrated in the catalogue
Washington, D.C., The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden & San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Giacometti 1901-1966, 1988-89, no. 68, illustrated in the catalogue

Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Alberto Giacometti, 1990-91, no. 123, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Alberto Giacometti, sculptures, peintures, dessins, 1991-92, no. 137, illustrated in the catalogue
Vienna, Kunsthalle & Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966, 1996, no. 147, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Jacques Dupin, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1962, illustrated p. 69 (dated 1950)
Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1984, illustrated p. 136
Yves Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti, A Biography of His Work, Paris, 1991, illustrated p. 341

Notes

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Giacometti and it is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database as AGD 4168.