Lot 379
  • 379

Alberto Giacometti

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alberto Giacometti
  • L’Atelier
  • signed Alberto Giacometti and dated 1960 (lower right)
  • ballpoint pen on paper
  • 20.1 by 29.6cm., 7 7/8 by 11 5/8 in.

Provenance

Seidenberg Gallery, New York
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
Perls Galleries, New York
Sale: Christie's, New York, 21st May 1981, lot 696
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the mother of the present owner in 1988

Exhibited

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Alberto Giacometti: Exhibition of Sculpture, Painting and Drawing, 1985

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, floating in the mount, affixed to the mount to all four corners, and to the centre of upper edge. The sheet is slightly undulating tot he left and right edges. There is a minor tear towards the lower part of the right edge. The sheet is very slightly time-stained. This work is in overall good condition.
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