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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
Price Realised
USD 40,000
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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.
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.