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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2019 | Diego [tête au col roulé] | 4 | Phillips | London | |||
| Dec 8, 2010 | Diego (Tête Au Col Roulé) | 6 | Sotheby's | Paris | |||
| Jun 24, 2009 | Diego (Tête Au Col Roulé) | Sotheby's | London | ||||
sculpture
33 x 12.9 x 14.4 cm (12.99 x 5.08 x 5.67 in)
bronze with green-brown patina
incised with the artist's signature and number 'Alberto Giacometti 4/8' on the back of the base; further stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' on the left side of the base; further stamped with the foundry mark and incised 'Susse Fondeur Cire Perdue' on the inside of the base
The Estate of Alberto Giacometti
Galerie Maeght Lelong, Paris
Hôtel des Ventes d'Enghien, Enghien-les-Bains, France, 22 March 1987, lot 71
Private Collection, France (acquired at the above sale)
Private Collection, London (acquired from the above in 2001)
Phillips, New York, 14 May 2015, lot 60
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Edinburgh, Ingleby Gallery, Sean Scully & Alberto Giacometti: Walls of Aran Head of Diego, 14 July - 21 July 2007 (another example exhibited)
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, L'atelier d'Alberto Giacometti: Collection de la Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, 1 October 2007 - 11 February 2008, no. 200, p. 405 (another example exhibited and illustrated, titled Tête de Diego sur tige)
Saint Paul de Vence, Foundation Maeght, Giacometti & Maeght 1946 - 1966, 21 June - 31 October 2010 (another example exhibited)
Hong Kong, Gagosian Gallery, Giacometti Without End, 13 March - 21 April 2014, pp. 120-3 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 121-3)
Landerneau, Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc pour la culture, Giacometti, 14 June - 15 October 2015, pp. 104-5 (another example exhibited and illustrated)
Shanghai, Yuz Museum, Alberto Giacometti Retrospective in China, 22 March - 31 July 2016, p. 183 (another example exhibited and illustrated)
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Bacon - Giacometti, 29 April - 2 September 2018, p. 119, 198 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 119)
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Giacometti, 8 June - 12 September 2018 (another example exhibited)
Paris, Musée Maillol, Giacometti Entre Tradition et Avant-Garde, 14 September 2018 - 20 January 2019, pl. 58, p. 183 (plaster example exhibited and illustrated, p. 114)
Jacques Dupin, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1962, p. 276 (plaster example illustrated)
incised with the artist's signature and number 'Alberto Giacometti 4/8' on the back of the base; further stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' on the left side of the base; further stamped with the foundry mark and incised 'Susse Fondeur Cire Perdue' on the inside of the base
bronze with green-brown patina
33 x 12.9 x 14.4 cm (12 7/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Conceived circa 1954, cast in bronze in 1980 by Susse Fondeur, Paris, this work is cast number 4 from an edition of 8 casts. This work is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti Database under no. 1561, and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Giacometti Committee.
![Diego [tête au col roulé] by Alberto Giacometti](https://liveart-analytics.imgix.net/images/243768141/399c05c8-2de6-43f2-99c6-cbd3a3f77a0b?w=1280&h=960 "Diego [tête au col roulé] by Alberto Giacometti")