Lot 479
  • 479

Diego Giacometti

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Diego Giacometti
  • L'AUTRUCHE
  • stamped Diego and with the monogram

  • bronze
  • height: 50.2cm., 19 3/4 in.

Provenance

Preault Collection, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Françoise Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'œuvre, Paris, 1986, illustration of another cast p. 20
Daniel Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, illustration of another cast p. 124

Condition

Mottled green brown patina. This work is in good original condition.
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