Lot 160
  • 160

DIEGO GIACOMETTI | Torsade low table

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 EUR
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Description

  • Attribué à Diego Giacometti
  • Torsade low table
  • Stamped Diego multiple times on the structure
  • 40,5 x 142 x 71 cm ; 16 x 56 x 28 in.
  • circa 1970-1980
patinated bronze, glass top

Provenance

Collection Barbara Foster, San Francisco, purchased by her interior designer Michael Taylor circa 1970-1980 and thence by descent
Private collection, USA

Literature

Michel Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 95
Daniel Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 65
Diego Giacometti, Möbel und Objekte aus Bronze, exhibition catalogue, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, June 16 - September 4, 1988, pp. 44-45
Daniel Marcheseau, Diego Giacometti, sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, p. 149

Condition

Good overall condition. The patina presents with instances of wear with losses of patina and instances of light oxidation throughout the surface.There are some small surface scratches scattered. The glass top presents with surface scratches and with a few tiny chips of glass along the edges. One edge presents with three more significant chips, the largest approximately 3 cm.
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