Lot Description

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Femme de Venise V
signed and numbered 'Alberto Giacometti 4/6' (on the left side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fond Paris' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 43½ in. (110.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1956 and cast in 1958

Provenance

Raoul Lévy, Paris; sale, Sotheby's, London, 23 June 1965, lot 70.
Eric Estorick, London.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1982, lot 73.
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva.
Frederick and Sharon Klingenstein, New York (acquired from the above, March 1987).
Gift from the above to The Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Pre-Lot Text

Property Sold To Benefit The Mount Sinai Medical Center

Literature

P. Selz, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1965, p. 69, no. 53 (another cast illustrated).
F. Meyer, Alberto Giacometti: Eine Kunst existentieller Wirklichkeit, Stuttgart, 1968, p. 196. R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti, Lausanne, 1971, p. 119 (another cast illustrated).
R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti: Sculpture, Drawing, London, 1972, p. 142.
B. Lamarche-Vadel, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1984, p. 144.
P. Beye, Alberto Giacometti, exh. cat., Nationalgalerie Berlin, 1987, pp. 104, 112 and 142.
V. Fletcher, Alberto Giacometti, 1901-1966, exh. cat., Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. 1988, p. 45.
K. M. de Barañano, Alberto Giacometti, exh. cat., Museo Nacional, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 1990, p. 93.
Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti: A Biography of his Work, Paris, 1991, pp. 396-397 and 400, no. 375 (another cast illustrated).
S. Pagé, Alberto Giacometti: Sculptures, peintures, dessins, exh. cat., Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1991, p. 397.
T. Dufrêne, Alberto Giacometti: Portrait de Jean Genet, le scribe captive, Paris, 1994, p. 168.
C. di Crescenzo, Alberto Giacometti: Sculpture, dipinti, disegni, exh. cat., Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1995, p. 24.
T. Stooss and P. Elliott, Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966, exh. cat., Kunsthalle Vienna, 1996, p. 78.
J. Lord, Alberto Giacometti, A Biography, New York, 1997, p. 355.
D. Sylvester, Looking at Giacometti, London, 1997, pp. 85 and 117.
J. Soldini, Alberto Giacometti: La Somiglianza introvabile, Milan, 1998, p. 136.
C. Klemm, Alberto Giacometti, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002, p. 218 (another cast illustrated, p. 221).
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 1662.

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Price Realized

• $10,274,500 (Set Currency)

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