Fondation Giacometti -  Crouching Figure
Fondation Giacometti -  Crouching Figure
AGD 2047

Crouching Figure

Date circa 1926

Medium Bronze

Dimensions 11,02 x 6,77 x 3,70 in.

Edition number 2/6

Foundry Pastori Fondeur

Cast 1963

Collection Private collection

Inscription

Signature on the base to its proper right "Alberto Giacometti"
Cast number on the back of the base "2/6"
Dated on the left side of the base, on the front "1926"

Provenance

Alberto GIACOMETTI
Private collection (Switzerland)
Private collection
Sale Galerie Kornfeld Berne (Switzerland), June 15th, 2012, lot n ° 47

Exhibition history

1967 Alberto Giacometti dessins estampes livres illustrés sculptures, Geneva (Switzerland), Galerie Engelberts, no. 93
1968 Swiss sculptors, Basel (Switzerland), Galerie Beyeler, Bâle, no. 8
1969 Alberto Giacometti, Paris (France), Orangerie des Tuileries, from October 15th 1969 to January 12th 1970, no. 4
1977 Alberto Giacometti. Plastiken. Gemälde. Zeichnungen, Duisburg (Germany), Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum Duisburg, from September 17th to November 27th 1977, no. 1
1978 Alberto Giacometti. Ein Klassiker der Moderne 1901-1966, Skulpturen, Gemälde, Ze, Coire (Switzerland), Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, from October 22nd to December 3rd 1978, no. 31

Bibliography

Alberto Giacometti. Dessins, estampes, livres illustrés, sculptures, Geneva : Edwin Engelberts, 1967, cat. no. 93, p. 85, ill. p. 87
Swiss sculptors, Basel : Galerie Beyeler, Bâle, 1968, cat. no. 8
Jean LEYMARIE (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti, Paris : Ministère d'Etat des Affaires culturelles. RMN, 1969, cat. no. 4, p. 147
Siegfried SALZMANN, Alberto Giacometti. Plastiken. Gemälde. Zeichnungen, Duisburg : Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, 1977, cat. no. 1, p. 221, ill. p. 126
Alberto Giacometti. Ein Klassiker der Moderne 1901-1966, Skulpturen, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Bücher, Coire : Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, 1978, cat. no. 31, p. 117
140 ausgewählte Kunstwerke des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Teil I, Berne : Galerie Kornfeld, 2012, lot no. 47

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