Lot no. 171
Alberto GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)*
Petit monstre II
Bronze à patine verte, signée et numérotée 5/6 sur la base
Haut : 10 cm - Height : 4 in.
Little Monster II
Bronze with green patina, signed and numbered 5/6 on the base
Un certificat de Lisa Palmer Giacometti du 8 décembre 2004 et un certificat du comité Giacometti seront remis à l'acquéreur
"C'était en 1937... Comme c'était toujours impossible de réussir une tête, j'ai voulu faire des personnages entiers, je les commençais grands comme ça (Giacometti montre la longueur de son avant-bras), ils devenaient comme ça (la moitié du pouce)... C'était diabolique". "Les sculptures n'étaient ressemblantes que petites, et pourtant ces dimensions me révoltaient"...
"It was in 1937... As it was always impossible for me to sculpt a head, I wanted to make the entire figure, I started big like this (Giacometti shows the length of his forearm), and they became like this (the half of the size of a thumb)...It was diabolical." "The sculptures only looked lifelike when they were small, nevertheless this dimensions still revolted against me..." Alberto Giacometti
Giacometti Alberto et Diego, l'histoire cachée, Claude DELAY, Editions Fayard, 2007.
Collection privée, Etats-Unis
Private collection, U.S.A.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Sculpture and bronzes
About the sale12/21/2007
Catalog
Tableaux Orientalistes et XIXe, Modernes et Contemporains, Coll. André Lefèvre
75009 Paris - France
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