Details
DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)
'Autruche', designed circa 1977
patinated bronze, ostrich egg
19 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (49.6 x 15.9 x 26.7 cm)
impressed DIEGO with artist's monogram DG
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, Paris, circa 1985
Literature
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti Catalogue de l'œuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, pp. 20, 114 (for a related example)
Diego Giacometti, Möbel und Objekte aus Bronze, exh. cat., Museum Bellerive, Zürich, 1988, p. 89
C. and C. Boutonnet, R. Ortiz, Le bestiaire de Diego Giacometti exh. cat., L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 1997, pp. 5, 40-41
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti exh. cat. Galerie L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 2003, p. 95
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti Paris, 2005, p. 124
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, pp. 122-123, 124 (for a related example), 125
Details
DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)
'Autruche', designed circa 1977
patinated bronze, ostrich egg
19 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (49.6 x 15.9 x 26.7 cm)
impressed DIEGO with artist's monogram DG
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, Paris, circa 1985
Literature
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti Catalogue de l'œuvre, Paris, 1986, vol. I, pp. 20, 114 (for a related example)
Diego Giacometti, Möbel und Objekte aus Bronze, exh. cat., Museum Bellerive, Zürich, 1988, p. 89
C. and C. Boutonnet, R. Ortiz, Le bestiaire de Diego Giacometti exh. cat., L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 1997, pp. 5, 40-41
C. Boutonnet and R. Ortiz, Diego Giacometti exh. cat. Galerie L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 2003, p. 95
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti Paris, 2005, p. 124
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti Sculpteur de meubles, Paris, 2018, pp. 122-123, 124 (for a related example), 125
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