Lot 45
  • 45

GIOVANNI GIACOMETTI | Zwei Kinderakte in Wiese (Alberto und Diego)

Estimate
70,000 - 80,000 CHF
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Description

  • Zwei Kinderakte in Wiese (Alberto und Diego)
  • Signed with the artist's initials lower left
  • Oil on cardboard
  • 30 x 25 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Switzerland
Sotheby's, Zurich, 2nd June 1994, lot 82
Private collection, Switzerland

Literature

Paul Müller / Viola Radlach, Giovanni Giacometti, 1868-1933, Werkkatalog der Gemälde, Zurich 1997, vol. II-I, p. 220, no. 1904.07 and p. 221, ill. 

Condition

Early work in its original frame. Light old and stabilised craquelures mainly in the Lowe left quadrant and in Alberto's face and bust. Some craquelures also visible in the upper right margin No visible retouching under uv light.
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