Important Design
Important Design
Diego Giacometti
La promenade des amis rug
Auction Closed
November 14, 05:24 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Diego Giacometti
La promenade des amis rug
Designed in 1984
Hand-woven wool
Signed D. GIACOMETTI, numbered 30/100 and P 85/30/15, inscribed EA XXIV and with the artist' cipher twice on the underside
234 x 172 cm ; 92 ⅛ x 67 ¾ in.
Private collection, Paris
Diego Giacometti, Möbel und Objekte aus Bronze, exhibition catalogue, Bellerive Museum, Zürich, 16 June - 4 September 1988, p. 102
Jacqueline von Sprecher, Diego Giacometti, tritt aus dem Schatten, Zürich, 2007, p. 143
This lot is sold with a copy of the certificate of authenticity from the editor.
In 1984, Diego Giacometti created the carpets La Rencontre and La Promenade des amis. The sculptor transposes his poetic universe into wool by playing skillfully with the support. A carpet model illustrates his creative process: on a sheet of kraft paper cut to the dimensions of the future rug, Diego pastes his decor, made from cut-out Canson paper, which evokes Chinese shadows. It is from this model that the movers will weave the carpets by hand. True game of illusion, his carpets simulate the shadow of one of his tables on a carpet of light color: the structure of the table forms the framework of its composition, on which the bestiary of the Promenade des amis unfolds.
© ADAGP, Paris, 2024
