Live Auction 2846Impressionist & Modern Day Sale Including Property from the Estate of Edgar M. Bronfman
Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
Lot 308

Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)

Chat maître d'hôtel

Closed7 May 2014

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USD 143,000

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Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
Chat maître d'hôtel
signed 'Diego' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 11¾ in. (30 cm.)
Conceived in 1967; this bronze version cast by 1981

Ivy Rosenquist, Paris (acquired from the artist, July 1981).
Gift from the above to the present owner, 2008.

Specialist note

The present work was acquired directly from the artist by Ivy Rosenquist (figs. 1-3). She remained close with Diego Giacometti until his death and gifted Chat maître d'hôtel to the present owner in 2008.