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Diego Giacometti

Altant and Caryatid

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November 14, 05:24 PM GMT

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30,000 - 50,000 EUR

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Diego Giacometti

Atlant and Caryatid

Circa 1975

Patinated bronze

Atlant : 19,5 x 5 cm ; 7 ⅝ x 2 in.

Caryatid : 18,9 x 5 cm ; 7 ½ x 2 in.

Please note that contrary to what is indicated in the paper catalogue, the dimensions in inches are as follow : Atlant : 7 ⅝ x 2 in. Caryatid : 7 ½ x 2 in. _____________ Veuillez noter que contrairement à ce qui est indiqué dans le catalogue papier, les dimensions en inches sont les suivantes : Atlante : 7 ⅝ x 2 in. Caryatide : 7 ½ x 2 in.

Galerie Haas, Zurich

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Private collection, Switzerland

Diego Giacometti : Bestaire, exhibition catalogue, L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 24 September - 20 December 1997, p. 17 and 64-65

Daniel Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti : Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, p. 165 and 222

The pair formed by the Caryatid and the Atlant, hieratic figures reduced to their essential volumes, testifies to the influence of antiquity in the work of Diego Giacometti. Although Diego is the master of nature, when he attacks the human figure, he emits an undeniable strength and power, as these sculptures show. These Caryatids and Atlants were also chosen by Diego to decorate some tables, chenets and decorative elements. But here, presented as works of art in their own right, they express the power of the sculptor’s gesture in all its purity.

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