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Herbert Lust: Collector, Scholar, Friend
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Grand bouquet de fleurs
Details
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Grand bouquet de fleurs
signed and dated 'Alberto Giacometti 54' (lower right)
pencil on paper
16 ½ x 23 ½ in. (42 x 59.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1954
Grand bouquet de fleurs
signed and dated 'Alberto Giacometti 54' (lower right)
pencil on paper
16 ½ x 23 ½ in. (42 x 59.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1954
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1962.
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1962.
Literature
J.-P. Sartre, "Les peintures de Giacometti" in Derrière le miroir, no. 65, Paris, May 1954 (lithograph version included).
I. Yanaihara, Alberto Giacometti, Tokyo, 1958, pp. 10-11 (illustrated).
H. Lust, Alberto Giacometti: The Complete Graphics, San Francisco, 1991, pp. 194 and 210, no. D7 (illustrated).
Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti: A Biography of His Work, Paris, 2012, p. 73, no. 70 (illustrated).
I. Yanaihara, Alberto Giacometti, Tokyo, 1958, pp. 10-11 (illustrated).
H. Lust, Alberto Giacometti: The Complete Graphics, San Francisco, 1991, pp. 194 and 210, no. D7 (illustrated).
Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti: A Biography of His Work, Paris, 2012, p. 73, no. 70 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Alberto Giacometti, October 1969-January 1970, p. 131, no. 252 (illustrated).
Milwaukee Art Center; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Atlanta, The High Museum of Art; New York, The Finch College Museum of Art; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Giacometti: The Complete Graphics and 15 Drawings, May 1970-November 1971, pp. 194 and 210, no. D7 (illustrated).
Purchase, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, The Private Eye: 20th Century Art from New York and Connecticut Collections, April-June 1984.
Maine, Portland Museum of Art, Alberto Giacometti, May-September 2000, pp. 8 and 50, no. 22, fig. 2 (illustrated).
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Alberto Giacometti: Le dessin à l'oeuvre, January-April 2001, pp. 176 and 237-238, no. 122 (illustrated).
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Alberto Giacometti: Drawings and Prints, December 2003-March 2004, pp. 64-65, no. 18 (illustrated).
New York, Peter Freeman, Inc., Alberto Giacometti: Drawings, May-June 2009.
Milwaukee Art Center; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Atlanta, The High Museum of Art; New York, The Finch College Museum of Art; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Giacometti: The Complete Graphics and 15 Drawings, May 1970-November 1971, pp. 194 and 210, no. D7 (illustrated).
Purchase, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, The Private Eye: 20th Century Art from New York and Connecticut Collections, April-June 1984.
Maine, Portland Museum of Art, Alberto Giacometti, May-September 2000, pp. 8 and 50, no. 22, fig. 2 (illustrated).
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Alberto Giacometti: Le dessin à l'oeuvre, January-April 2001, pp. 176 and 237-238, no. 122 (illustrated).
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Alberto Giacometti: Drawings and Prints, December 2003-March 2004, pp. 64-65, no. 18 (illustrated).
New York, Peter Freeman, Inc., Alberto Giacometti: Drawings, May-June 2009.
Further Details
The Comité Giacometti has confirmed the authenticity of this work which is registered in the Fondation Giacometti’s online database, the Alberto Giacometti Database, under the AGD number 4846.
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Michael Baptist
Vice President, Specialist, Co-Head of Day Sale