Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Important International Prints and Multiples
Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 06:15 pm

Alberto Giacometti, L'arbre

Lot 706

Alberto Giacometti, 1901-1966 (CH)

L'arbre, 1955-1956

Dry-point on solid vellum .
H 279 mm W 192 mm.

Épreuve d'essai. Signed lower right: Alberto Giacometti.
(Frame).

CHF5'000 / 8'000
EUR4'700 / 7'500
USD5'000 / 8'000

Hammer Price: CHF 5'500

Annotation:

Provenance:
Berne, Galerie Kornfeld, 18. June 2015. Lot 308;
Swiss private property.

Literature: Lust 196; Kornfeld 188 I.
Printer: Georges Visat, Paris.
Publisher: Jean Hugues, Paris.

Annotation: The work is a proof for the edition, which was released in the publication of "L'inhabité, 1967" of André du Bouchet by Jean Hugues in Paris. According to Kornfeld only 6 copies of these proofs are known.