Lot Essay
The work is executed on a page from the French journal Les Temps modernes, no. 98, Paris, 1954, which was founded by Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Tête d'homme
Details
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Tête d'homme
pen and ink on paper
8 7⁄8 x 5 ½ in. (22.4 x 14 cm.)
Executed in 1954
Tête d'homme
pen and ink on paper
8 7⁄8 x 5 ½ in. (22.4 x 14 cm.)
Executed in 1954
Provenance
Jeanne Frank Gallery, New York.
Goodman Gallery, South Africa.
Private collection, Maryland, by whom acquired from the above in 1985, and thence by descent; sale, Weschler's, Maryland, 8 December 2023, lot 44.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Goodman Gallery, South Africa.
Private collection, Maryland, by whom acquired from the above in 1985, and thence by descent; sale, Weschler's, Maryland, 8 December 2023, lot 44.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 4602.
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Veronica Scarpati
Head of Works on Paper Sale