Live Auction 7918Living with Design: The Collections of Walter Lees and Mr NC.
Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
Lot 60

Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)

Tabouret en X, troisième version

Closed16 July 2010

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GBP 85,250

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Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
Tabouret en X, troisième version
bronze with light brown patina and needlework seat, depicting the Hôtel des Invalides, Paris
Height (excluding seat): 16½ in. (42 cm.)
Width: 18¾ in. (47.5 cm.)
Depth: 15¾ in. (40 cm.)
Conceived circa 1965

Commissioned directly from the artist by Walter Lees.

Specialist note

Walter Lees's Parisian apartment overlooked architect Libéral Bruant's magnificent late 17th century domed structure, officially known as L'Hôtel National des Invalides in the 7th arrondissement.