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Diego by Alberto Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti

Diego, 1958

Oil on canvas
81 x 65 cm (31.89 x 25.59 in)
Paintings
Unique artwork
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Momentum 12M
4.8%
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Last recorded sale at Sotheby's, London (08 Feb 2011)
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Past Sales
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Feb 8, 2011
Sotheby'sLondonImpressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale11
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Diego
Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

81 x 65 cm (31.89 x 25.59 in)

Materials

oil on canvas

Signature

signed Alberto Giacometti and dated 1958 (lower right)

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York Galerie Beyeler, Basel Galleria Galatea, Turin Sidney Janis Gallery, New York Galleria d'Arte Moderna Toninelli, Milan

Private Collection Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1991

Exhibited

New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Alberto Giacometti, 1958 New York, World House Galleries, Giacometti, 1960, no. 22, illustrated in the catalogue Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Alberto Giacometti, 1963, no. 76, illustrated in the catalogue Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Palais de Rumine, Art suisse au XX siècle, 1964 Esbjerg, Kunstpavillionen, Esbjerg Kunstforening, 1965 New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Giacometti and Dubuffet, 1968, no. 23, illustrated in the catalogue Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Milton D. Ratner Family Collection, 1974-75, no. 28, illustrated in the catalogue Ascona, Museo Communale d'Arte Moderna, Alberto Giacometti: sculture, dipinti, disegni, 1985, no. 17, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Alberto Giacometti, 1986, no. 171, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Mexico City, Centro Cultural d'Arte Contemporaneo & Barcelona, Fondació Joan Miró, Giovanni, Augusto, Alberto, Diego Giacometti, 1987, no. 80, illustrated in colour in the catalogue London, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., Alberto Giacometti: Drawings, Paintings and Sculptures, 1989, no. 13, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Alberto Giacometti: dibujo, escultura, pintura, 1990, no. 282, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Alberto Giacometti: sculptures, peintures, dessins, 1991-92, no. 212, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature

Alberto Giacometti, Basel, 1964, no. 78, illustrated Giorgio Soavi & Peter Knapp, Giacometti. La ressemblance impossible, Paris, 1991, illustrated in colour p. 224 Mark Rothko (exhibition catalogue), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998-99, fig. 13, illustrated in colour p. 326 William M. Griswold et al., Pierre Matisse and His Artists, New York, 2002, illustrated in a photograph of the 1958 exhibition, p. 240