LOT DETAILS
Materials:
bronze with dark brown patina
Measurements:
25.59 in. (65.00 cm.) (height)
Edition:
3 of 6
Markings:
signed and numbered 'Alberto Giacometti 3/6' (on the front); inscribed with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur' (on the back)
Exhibited:
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Alberto Giacometti, June-October 1965, pp. 66 and 116, no. 46 (illustrated, p. 66).
Literature:
J. Dupin, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1962, pp. 268-269 (another cast illustrated). R.-J. Moulin, Giacometti: Sculptures, New York, 1964, no. 12 (another cast illustrated). C. Huber, Alberto Giacometti, Zurich, 1970, pp. 92 and 95 (another cast illustrated). R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti, Lausanne, 1971, pp. 200-201 (another cast illustrated). R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti: Sculpture, Painting, Drawing, London, 1972, p. 169. M. Matter, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1987, pp. 97, 116-117 and 219 (another cast illustrated, pp. 97, 116-117). V. Fletcher, Alberto Giacometti: 1901-1966, exh. cat., The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 1988, pp. 44, 45 and 180, no. 70 (another cast illustrated, p. 180). La Mamma a Stampa: Annette-gesehen von Giovanni und Alberto Giacometti, exh. cat., Kunsthaus, Zurich, 1990, no. 58 (another cast illustrated). Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti, a Biography of his Work, Paris, 1991, pp. 432-433, no. 415 (another cast illustrated). S. Pagé, Alberto Giacometti: Sculptures, peintures, dessins, exh. cat., Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, 1991, p. 182, no. 89 (another cast illustrated). A. Schneider, ed., Alberto Giacometti: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, New York, 1994, no. 89 (another cast illustrated). C. di Crescenzo, ed., Alberto Giacometti, Sculture, Dipinti, Disegni, exh. cat., Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1995, pp. 83, 192 and 193, no. 48 (another cast illustrated on the front cover). T. Stoos and P. Elliott, Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966, exh. cat., Edinburgh, 1996, no. 163 (another cast illustrated in color, pl. 57). The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 1470.
Provenance:
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Brody, 19 May 1955.