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221
Alberto Giacometti
Copie d'apres un vase grec / Copie d'apres Li-Long-Mien: Shakyamuni assis en contemplation, 1942.
Pencil drawing
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 17,700
Sold:
€ 17,500 / $ 20,650

(incl. surcharge)
Copie d'apres un vase grec / Copie d'apres Li-Long-Mien: Shakyamuni assis en contemplation. 1942.
Pencil drawing.
Lower right signed and dated. Verso inscribed "Vase greque" and "chinois". On firm creme wove paper. 26.3 x 24.6 cm (10.3 x 9.6 in), size of sheet. [CH].

• With drawings by the artist on both sides.
• In this work the most important Swiss sculptor of the 20th century delivers proof of his ingenious understanding of human anatomy in swift and dynamic lines.
• Remarkable document of Giacometti's fascination with foreign cultures and art history
.

The work is registered in the Alberto Giacometti Database / AGD, Paris, with the number 504.

PROVENANCE: Collection Katherine S. and Morton G. Schamberg, Chicago.
Private collection USA/Spain (acquired from above in 2005, Christie's, New York, November 2, 2005, lot 191).

LITERATURE: Christie's, New York, 1571st auction, Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper, November 2, 2005, lot 191, p. 98 (with illu.).




221
Alberto Giacometti
Copie d'apres un vase grec / Copie d'apres Li-Long-Mien: Shakyamuni assis en contemplation, 1942.
Pencil drawing
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 17,700
Sold:
€ 17,500 / $ 20,650

(incl. surcharge)

 


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