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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 5, 2008 | Sotheby's | London | Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale | 45 | $****** - ****** | Buste |
paintings
92 x 73 cm (36.22 x 28.74 in)
oil on canvas
signed 'Alberto Giacometti', l.r.; dated '1949', l.r.
Jan Krugier, Geneva Private Collection (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 20th May 1982, lot 161)
Galerie Maeght, Paris (purchased at the above sale)
Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich Acquired from the above by the present owner
Paris, Galerie Creuzevault, Peintures et sculptures de maîtres contemporains, 1961, illustrated in the catalogue (titled Figure); Geneva, Jan Krugier, Alberto Giacometti, 1963, no. 15, illustrated in the catalogue (as dating from 1960); Kassel, Alte Galerie, Museum Fridericianum, Documenta III. Malerei, Skulptur, Handzeichnungen, 1964, no. 7 (titled Grauer Kopf); London, Tate Gallery, Alberto Giacometti: Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, 1913-65, 1965, no. 121 Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum, Giacometti, 1965, no. 113 Zurich, Galerie Gimpel & Hannover, Galerie Krugier Genève chez Gimpel & Hannover, Zurich, 1966, no. 18, illustrated in the catalog Basel, Kunsthalle, Giacometti, 1966, no. 98 Mexico City, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo & Barcelona, Fundación Joan Miró, Giovanni, Augusto, Alberto, Diego Giacometti, 1987, no. 62, illustrated in color in the catalog Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Alberto Giacometti. Dibujo, escultura, pintura, 1990, no. 275, illustrated in color in the catalog Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Alberto Giacometti. Sculptures, peintures, dessins, 1991-92, no. 95, illustrated in colour in the catalog Tampere, Sara Hildénin Taidemuseo, Alberto Giacometti, 1992, illustrated in color in the catalog
Giorgio Soavi & Peter Knapp, Giacometti. La ressemblance impossible, Paris, 1991, illustrated in color p. 211
