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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 25, 2008 | Sotheby's | London | Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale | 35 | $****** - ****** | Tête Noire (Diego) |
paintings
81 x 65 cm (31.89 x 25.59 in)
oil on canvas
signed Alberto Giacometti and dated 1951 (lower left)
Galerie Maeght, Paris. Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. Brook Street Gallery, London. D. Coleman, USA (acquired from the above). Galerie Beyeler, Basel. Ivor Braka, London.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Giacometti, 1951, no. 8 (titled Diego II). Basel, Kunsthalle, Giacometti, 1966, no. 108 (titled Portrait de Diego). Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Alberto Giacometti, 1978, no. 140 (titled Portrait de Diego). Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Alberto Giacometti: sculptures, huiles, dessins, 1990, no. 43, illustrated in colour in the catalogue. Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Alberto Giacometti, 1990-91, no. 278, illustrated in colour in the catalogue. Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Alberto Giacometti: sculptures, peintures, dessins, 1991-92, no. 211, illustrated in colour in the catalogue. Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Homage to Francis Bacon, 1992, no. 26, illustrated in colour in the catalogue. Ingelheim am Rhein, Altes Rathaus, Paris die 50er Jahre Kunst und Kultur, 1994, illustrated in colour in the catalogue. Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Alberto Giacometti, 1997, no. 67, illustrated in colour in the catalogue. Mannheim Städtische Kunsthalle, Menschenbilder: Figur in Zeiten der Abstraktion (1945-1955), 1998-99, illustrated in colour in the catalogue. Zurich, Art Focus Galerie, Alberto Giacometti, 1999, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Jacques Dupin, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1962, illustrated p. 107 (titled Tête)
