Important Design

Important Design

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Estimate

50,000 - 100,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

Diego Giacometti


Pair of Dompteuse andirons


Circa 1960

Patinated bronze and steel

With the artist's cipher on the base

36 x 18 x 52,5 cm ; 14 ⅛ x 7 ⅛ x 20 ⅝ in.

Veuillez noter que contrairement à ce qui est indiqué dans le catalogue papier et PDF, le symbole « †† » s'applique à ce lot. Please note that contrary to what is indicated in the printed and PDF catalogue, the symbole "††" applies to this lot.

Mes Hervé Chayette and Laurence Calmels, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 30 November 1987, lot 22

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Private collection, Switzerland

Michel Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 53 for a similar model

Françoise Francisci, Diego Giacometti, catalogue de l’œuvre : volume 1, Paris, 1986, p. 43

Daniel Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 59 for the plaster model and p. 60

Diego Giacometti, Möbel und Objekte aus Bronze, exhibition catalogue, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, 16 June - 4 September 1988, p. 80

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