Live Auction 7833Impressionist/Modern Day Sale
Christie’s roundel
Lot 522

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)

Tête de femme sur socle (Marie-Laure de Noailles)

Closed3 February 2010

Price Realised

GBP 157,250

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Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Tête de femme sur socle (Marie-Laure de Noailles)
signed and numbered 'A.GIACOMETTI 6/8' (on the left of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'LTHINOT fdr PARIS' (at the back of the base)
bronze with gold patina
Height: 4¾ in. (12 cm.)
Conceived in 1946; this bronze version cast in 1973

Annette Giacometti; her sale, [Sculptures par Alberto Giacometti provenant de la succession Annette Giacometti], Christie's, Paris, 28 September 2002, lot 20.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

The Albert and Annette Giacometti Foundation Database no. 1375.

The Albert and Annette Giacometti Association Database no. S-2009-13.