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Diego Giacometti 'Carcasse' low table, 'petit modèle à la chauve-souris' circa 1979 Patinated bronze, glass. 43.2 x 85.1 x 129.2 cm (17 x 33 1/2 x 50 7/8 in.) Impressed with DIEGO and artist's monogram.
Provenance Private collection, acquired directly from the artist, circa 1979 Christie’s, New York, 'Furniture and Decorative Works of Art by Alberto and Diego Giacometti', 20 November 1986, lot 258 Christie’s, New York, 'Impressionist/Modern Day Sale', 7 May 2008, lot 383 DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, 2008 Acquired from the above by the present owner, June 2010 Literature Michel Butor, Diego Giacometti Paris, 1985, p. 116 Françoise Francisci, Diego Giacometti Catalogue de l’œuvre, Volume I, Paris, 1986, pp. 95-97 Daniel Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti Paris, 1986, pp. 106-7 Artist Bio Diego Giacometti Swiss • 1902 - 1985 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