Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction, including the Ralph I. Goldenberg Collection

Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction, including the Ralph I. Goldenberg Collection

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Primary Structures: The Ralph I. Goldenberg Collection

Alberto Giacometti

Femme debout

Auction Closed

June 25, 06:56 PM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 700,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Alberto Giacometti

1901 - 1966


Femme debout

inscribed Alberto Giacometti, numbered 5/8 and with the foundry mark Susse fondeur Paris; stamped with the foundry mark SUSSE FONDEUR PARIS CIRE PERDUE (on the interior)

bronze

height: 45 cm. 17¾ in.

Conceived circa 1961; this example cast in bronze by Susse Fondeur in 1993. This work is number 5 from an edition of 8 plus one 0 cast and one Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti cast.

 

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Giacometti and it is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database as AGD 4642.

Annette Giacometti, Paris

Estate of Annette Giacometti (until at least 2002)

Private Collection

Gagosian Gallery, London

Acquired from the above in 2007 by Ralph I. Goldenberg 

London, Gagosian Gallery, Living, Looking, Making. Giacometti, Fontana, Twombly, Serra, 2007, pp. 40-41 and 105, illustrated in colour

London, Gagosian Gallery, Alberto Giacometti. Yves Klein. In Search of the Absolute, 2016, no. 5, pp. 71 and 129, illustrated in colour