Lot 28
  • 28

Alberto Giacometti

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 EUR
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Description

  • Alberto Giacometti
  • Buste II - Busto II
  • firmato e iscritto Eprouve d'essai
  • litografia; prova d'artista di una edizione di 150 esemplari su carta 'Velin' con filigrana 'BKF RIVES' edita a Parigi da Maeght 
  • cm 65,5x50
  • Eseguito nel 1960

Provenance

Acquisito direttamente dall'artista

Exhibited

Sondrio, Museo Valtellinese di Storia e Arte, Palazzo Sassi de' Lavizzari, Alberto Giacometti. Percorsi Lombardi, 2005, n. 71, pag. [265], illustrato

Literature

G. Soavi, Protagonisti, Giacometti. Sutherland. De Chirico, Milano 1969, pag. 79, illustrato
H. C. Lust, Giacometti. The Complete Graphics and 15 drawings, New York 1970, n. 31, pag. 219, illustrato a pag. 44 (altro esemplare)

Condition

This work is in generally good overall condition. The paper is slightly uniformly browned, as visible in the catalogue illustration. There are traces of minor superficial folding in the centre upper section and there is an diagonal fold by the lower right corner.
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