Lot 103
  • 103

Diego Giacometti

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Diego Giacometti
  • Lampe au hibou et à la coupe 
  • Stamped Diego and inscribed with the artist's monogram
  • Bronze
  • Height: 24 1/4 in.
  • 61.5 cm

Provenance

Comte Gianni Barresi & Fulvio Barresi, Italy (acquired directly from the artist in the late 1960s)
Thence by descent 

Literature

Françoise Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986, illustrations of similar examples pp. 110 & 111

Condition

Variegated green and brown patina. The surface clean. This work is in excellent condition.
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