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Property from a Private Collector, United States

Alberto Giacometti

Femme Leoni

Auction Closed

May 17, 12:56 AM GMT

Estimate

25,000,000 - 35,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collector, United States

Alberto Giacometti

1901 - 1966


Femme Leoni

inscribed Alberto Giacometti, numbered twice 6/6 and with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris

bronze

height: 60 ¼ in. 153.2 cm.


Conceived in 1947 and cast in bronze by Susse Fondeur in 1960. The present work is part of an edition of eight bronzes cast by Susse between 1957 and 1965. 

Franz Meyer, Switzerland (acquired as a gift from the artist)

Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired by descent from the above in 2011)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exh. Cat., London, Tate Gallery, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, London, 1964, no. 112, p. 69, illustration of another cast (dated 1946-47)

Exh. Cat., Tate Gallery, London, Alberto Giacometti, 1965, n.p., illustration of the plaster in a photograph of the artist’s studio

Exh. Cat., New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Giacometti & Dubuffet, n.p., illustration of another cast (titled Standing Woman With Hairdo and dated 1949)

Franz Meyer, Alberto Giacometti: Eine Kunst existentieller Wirklichkeit, Stuttgart, 1968, pp. 143 and 169

Exh. Cat., Paris, Centre Pompidou, Paris 1937—Paris 1957: créations en France, 1981, p. 133, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., London, The Barbican Center, Aftermath, France 1945-54, New Images of Man, 1982, p. 55, illustration of another cast (titled Léonie)

Exh. Cat., Tokyo, The Seibu Museum of Art, Alberto Giacometti, 1983-84, pl. 11, illustration in color of another cast

Angelica Zander Rudenstine, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, New York, 1985, no. 69, pp. 349-51; p. 348, illustration of another cast (titled Femme debout “Leoni”)

Exh. Cat., The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Alberto Giacometti, 1901-1966: Beelden, Schilderijen, Tekeningen, Grafiek, 1986, no. 10, n.p., illustration of another cast (titled Vrouw (Leoni))

Lucy Flint and Elizabeth C. Childs, Handbook: Peggy Guggenheim Collection, New York, 1986, no. 78, p. 166-67, illustration in color of another cast (titled Standing Woman “Leoni”)

Exh. Cat., Paris, Pavillon des Arts, Saint-Germain-des-Prés 1945-50, 1989-90, p. 141, illustration of another cast 

Exh. Cat., Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Alberto Giacometti, 1990-91, p. 443, illustration of another cast

Yves Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti: A Biography of His Work, Paris, 1991, no. 309, p. 336, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Alberto Giacometti, sculptures, peintures, dessins, 1991-92, p. 177, illustration in color of another cast 

Angela Schneider, Alberto Giacometti: Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, New York, 1994, no. 50, n.p., illustrated

Exh. Cat., Venice, Collezione Peggy Guggenheim, Le Sculture di Giacometti dalle Collezioni Guggenheim, Venice, 1995, p. 39, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Alberto Giacometti, 1997, p. 99, illustration in color of another cast (titled Grande figurine (Femme Léoni))

Ernst Scheidegger, Traces of Friendship. Alberto Giacometti, Zurich, 2001, n.p., illustration of the plaster in a photograph of the artist’s studio

Exh. Cat., Ravenna, Loggetta Lombardesca, Alberto Giacometti, 2004-05, p. 167, illustration of another cast 

Ernst Scheidegger, Alberto Giacometti—Skulpturen in Gips, Zurich, 2006, n.p., illustration of the plaster in a photograph of the artist’s studio

Exh. Cat., Paris, Centre Pompidou, L'Atelier d'Alberto Giacometti: The Collection of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, 2007-08, no. 160, p. 363, illustration of the plaster

Exh. Cat., Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Giacometti, 2009, p. 118, illustration in color of another cast (dated 1947-58)

Exh. Cat., Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Giacometti & Maeght 1946-1966, 2010, p. 141, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg and Salzburg, Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg, Alberto Giacometti: The Origins of Space, 2010-11, p. 89, illustration of another cast (titled Femme debout (“Léoni”) and dated 1947/1957)

Guy Tosatto and Véronique Wiesinger, "La Cage ouverte," Beaux Quartiers, Grenoble, no. H.S., spring 2013, p. 32, illustration of the plaster

Exh. Cat., Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Giacometti—Naumann, 2016-17, p. 40, illustration in color of another cast (titled Grande figure (Femme Leonie))

Exh. Cat., London, Tate Modern, Giacometti, 2017, p. 213, illustration in color of the painted plaster

Alberto Giacometti Database, no. AGD-1072 https://www.fondation-giacometti.fr/en/database/172686/woman-leoni

Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Alberto Giacometti, 1969-70, no. 54, p. 150 (dated 1947-48)
Berlin, National Galerie and Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Alberto Giacometti, Skulpturen, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik, 1987-88, no. 79, p. 201, illustrated in color
Vienna, Kunsthalle and Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966, 1996, no. 110, illustrated in color (dated 1947/57)
Kunsthaus Zürich and New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Alberto Giacometti, 2001-02, no. 96, p. 154, illustrated in color
Baden Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Die Skulpturen der Maler: Malerei und Plastik im Dialog, 2008, no. 102, p. 178, illustrated in color (titled Femme debout (Leoni))
Duisburg, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Alberto Giacometti. Die Frau auf dem Wagen, Triumph und Tod, 2010, p. 197, illustrated in color (dated 1958)