Lot 350
  • 350

DIEGO GIACOMETTI | Table carcasse

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Attribué à Diego Giacometti
  • Table carcasse
  • stamped Diego and with the artist's monogram DG
  • bronze with a glass table-top
  • 43.7 by 130.5 by 85.4cm., 17 1/4 by 51 3/8 by 33 5/8 in.
  • Conceived circa 1979-80 and cast before 1985.

Provenance

Diego Giacometti, Paris
Acquired from the above by the late owner in February 1985

Literature

Michel Butor & Jean Vincent, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, illustration of another cast p. 116
Françoise Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'œuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, illustration of another cast n.p.
Daniel Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, New York, 1987, illustration of another cast p. 109

Condition

Variegated green / brown patina. All elements of the table are stable. There are two casting holes to one of the round discs. There is some dirt and plaster residue to the crevices as a result of the casting process. This work is in overall good condition.
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