DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)
Lot 246 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW YORK COLLECTION

DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)

'MODÈLE FONDATION MAEGHT' A PATINATED BRONZE CHAIR, DESIGNED 1963

Closed16 December 2008

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USD 40,000

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DIEGO GIACOMETTI (1902-1985)
'Modèle Fondation Maeght' A Patinated Bronze Chair, designed 1963
37 3/8 in. (95 cm.) high

Victor Demarquoy, Saint-Paul de Vence, present from the artist.
Christie's, London, 4 February 2003, lot 307.

Specialist note

cf. M. Butor, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1985, pp. 58, 154 for other casts of this model.
F. Francisci, Diego Giacometti, Catalogue de l'oeuvre, vol. I, Paris, 1986, p. 71 for another cast of this model.
D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, New York, 1987, pp. 70-71 for other casts of this model.

Victor Demarquoy was a craftsman employed by the Maeght family to assist artists such as Jean Miro, Alexander Calder and Diego Giacometti in the production of their sculptures. This work is sold with a copy of the letter from M. Demarquoy describing the conception and realization of the chaise.