Lot 453
  • 453

Alberto Giacometti

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alberto Giacometti
  • Portrait d'un homme
  • signed Alberto Giacometti and dated 1965 (lower right)
  • pencil on paper
  • 58.5 by 39cm., 23 by 15 3/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper and laid down on board. All four edges are deckled. The sheet is slightly time stained and there are two minor spots of foxing to the lower left quadrant. This work is in overall very good condition.
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