Lot 131
  • 131

Alberto Giacometti

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alberto Giacometti
  • Head of a Young Man (Lust 48)
  • lithograph
  • sheet: 654 by 487mm 25 3/4 by 19 1/4 in
Lithograph, 1964, signed in pencil, inscribed 'HC', (an hors commerce impression aside from the edition of 75), on BFK Rives paper, Maeght, Paris, with a certificate of authenticity from the publisher

Condition

With full margins (a deckle edge at top and bottom), in good condition apart from time-staining at the sheet edges, two spots of very pale surface soiling in the man's shirt at lower left, a short diagonal handling crease at lower right edge, the verso with uneven discoloration and two hinge remains at upper corners, unframed.
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