Alberto Giacometti
Grande Tête Mince (Grande Tête De Diego)
Estimate: 35.000.000 - 50.000.000 USD
Price realised: 50.005.000 USD
Price realised: 50.005.000 USD
Description
Alberto Giacometti
1901 - 1966
GRANDE TÊTE MINCE (GRANDE TÊTE DE DIEGO)
Inscribed with the signature Alberto Giacometti, with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris and numbered 6/6
Bronze
Height: 25 1/2 in.
65 cm
Conceived in 1954 and cast in bronze in 1955.
Galerie Maeght, Paris | Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Weil, St. Louis (acquired from the above in 1957) | Acquired from the above in 1980
1901 - 1966
GRANDE TÊTE MINCE (GRANDE TÊTE DE DIEGO)
Inscribed with the signature Alberto Giacometti, with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris and numbered 6/6
Bronze
Height: 25 1/2 in.
65 cm
Conceived in 1954 and cast in bronze in 1955.
Galerie Maeght, Paris | Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Weil, St. Louis (acquired from the above in 1957) | Acquired from the above in 1980
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work Grande Tête Mince (Grande Tête De Diego) by Alberto Giacometti was sold in the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale auction at Sothebys in New York in November 2013. Here, the upper estimate of USD 50,000,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for USD 50,005,000.00 (€ 36,752,168.16). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Alberto Giacometti - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work L'homme au doigt, which sold at auction in May 2015 for USD 141,285,000.00 (€ 128,511,006.00).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit Grande Tête Mince (Grande Tête De Diego) von Alberto Giacometti wurde im November 2013 in der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von USD 50.000.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für USD 50.005.000,00 (€ 36.752.168,16) einen neuen Besitzer. Für andere Arbeiten von Alberto Giacometti mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit L'homme au doigt beobachtet, die im Mai 2015 für USD 141.285.000,00 (€ 128.511.006,00) versteigert wurde.
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