Live Auction 15005Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Lot 126

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)

Portrait de Louis Chavignier

Closed14 November 2017

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USD 52,500

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Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Portrait de Louis Chavignier
signed and dated 'Alberto Giacometti 1963.' (lower right)
ballpoint pen on card
19 7/8 x 12 ¾ in. (50.4 x 32.3 cm.)
Drawn in 1962

Yoshii Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, October 2002.

Specialist note

The present drawing was a study for a frontispiece of Louis Chavignier's illustrated edition of La danse du château by Miguel de Cervantes which was published in 1962.