Alberto Giacometti

Diego Giacometti, Paris
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners in 1971

Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1980, illustration of another cast p. 204 (as dating from 1936)
Françoise Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'œuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, illustration of another cast pl. 30
Daniel Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, colour illustration of another cast p. 11
Toni Stooss & Patrick Elliott, Alberto Giacometti, 1901-1966 (exhibition catalogue), National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1996, illustrations of other casts p. 19
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, illustrations of another cast pp. 115 & 250
François Baudot, Diego Giacometti, New York, 2001, illustration of another cast n.p.
Christian Boutonnet & Rafael Ortiz, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2003, illustration in colour of another cast p. 34
Daniel Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 2005, colour illustration of another cast p. 11
Veronique Wiesinger, L'atelier d'Albert Giacometti, Collection de la Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti (exhibition catalogue), Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2007, no. 275, illustration of another cast p. 409

Attractive green brown patina. There are some minor nicks and scratches in areas. There are some minor wear to the patina, consistent with age. This work is in very good condition.
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