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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.).
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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