Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)

Une paire de chenets aux oiseaux

细节

Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)
Une paire de chenets aux oiseaux
bronze with brown patina
19 x 10 x 22in. (49 x 26 x 57cm.) each
Executed circa 1972-1973
a pair (2)

来源

Commissioned from the artist by the present owner in 1972-1973.

出版

D. Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris 1986, p. 97 (another cast illustrated).

拍品专文

This pair of fire dogs is possibly one of the best examples of Diego's chenets. Not only does it combine an instinctive classical and majestic structure with the decorative addition of the individually modelled birds, but, like all Diego's furniture is highly practical.