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33 Diego Giacometti Follow 'Toad' table circa 1976 Patinated bronze, patinated iron, glass. 48.5 x 91.5 x 91.5 cm (19 1/8 x 36 x 36 in.) One edge impressed DG and GGG .
Provenance Private collection, New York, acquired directly from the artist, 1976 Christie’s, New York, 'Furniture and Decorative Works of Art by Alberto and Diego Giacometti', 13 May 1987, lot 237 Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature Daniel Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti , Paris, 1986, p. 130 for a similar example Françoise Francisci, Diego Giacometti Catalogue de L'Œuvre, Volume I , Paris: Eolia, 1986, pp. 38-39 for a similar example Diego Giacometti Möbel und Objekte aus Bronze , exh. cat., Museum Bellrive, 1988, Zurich, p. 55, no. 38 for a similar example François Baudot, Diego Giacometti , New York, 2001, p. 49 for a similar example Artist Bio Diego Giacometti Swiss • 1902 - 1985 Follow In 1935 Diego Giacometti took a holiday in Stampa, the Swiss town in which he grew up. The trip marked one of the first periods in which he was separated from his brother Alberto Giacometti and perhaps in connection with having removed himself from the shadow of his brother's career, he began his first animal sculptures. It was shortly after this trip that the younger Giacometti also started making furniture, after patrons admired the stands he was crafting for his brother's sculptures. Diego modeled his maquettes in plaster (as opposed to clay or wax, which was the more common choice for sculptors) and cast his furniture in bronze, a departure from most metal furniture at the time, which was cast in iron. Illustrious clients included the Maeght and Noailles families as well as the decorator Jean-Michel-Frank, who commissioned Alberto (assisted by Diego) to create plaster lighting and fireplace accessories. View More Works