Alberto Giacometti Sold at Auction Prices

Small Sculture, Painter, Sculptor, b. 1901 - d. 1966

Born in Switzerland in 1901, artist Alberto Giacometti was formally trained in Geneva and Paris. Alberto Giacometti's sculptures and paintings were primarily portraits or abstract works. Later in his career, Alberto Giacometti's drawings were used to illustrate several books, and though he was a talented painter and illustrator, his real passion was sculpting.

Influenced by Cubism, Alberto Giacometti's sculptures depicted human figures that were in the form of abstract or geometric shapes. In the 30s, he became part of the Surrealist movement, and his sculptures took on a more avant-garde nature. This phase of his career didn't last long, and once again Alberto Giacometti's sculptures began to change shape when he learned new ways to recreate the human form. After the end of WW II, Giacometti expressed the suffering and despair left in its wake by making skeletal, deformed-looking sculptures. Browse amazing abstract sculptures for sale online at Invaluable.

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  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, SWISS 1901-1966, NU ASSIS, Lithograph, 20 x 22 in. (50.8 x 55.9 cm.), Frame: 37 x 29 1/4 in. (94 x 74.3 cm.)
    Apr. 29, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, SWISS 1901-1966, NU ASSIS, Lithograph, 20 x 22 in. (50.8 x 55.9 cm.), Frame: 37 x 29 1/4 in. (94 x 74.3 cm.)

    Est: $3,000 - $6,000

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI SWISS, 1901-1966 NU ASSIS Lithograph Lower left numbered: 100/100; lower right signed: Alberto Giacometti; lower right Gemini blind stamps; Published by Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles

    Potomack Company
  • Alberto Giacometti (Swiss/French, 1901-1966) Large Villa Medici, Rome 1970 Exhibition Poster
    Apr. 27, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti (Swiss/French, 1901-1966) Large Villa Medici, Rome 1970 Exhibition Poster

    Est: $100 - $200

    Description: A large two-piece exhibition poster featuring an Alberto Giacometti sculpture. The exhibition was a collaboration between the French and Italian National Museums of Modern Art in 1970. Materials: Paper Markings & Inscriptions: Exhibit / sponsor information printed along the bottom Date: 1970 Maker: National Gallery of Modern Art, Italy Dimensions: Each poster measures 55" x 39". Provenance: From a Narberth, Pennsylvania collection.

    Hoch LTD.
  • Alberto Giacometti
    Apr. 25, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti

    Est: $2,000 - $4,000

    Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966) WALKING MAN, 1961 etching, framed, signed and inscribed in pencil sheet H11" W7 1/2" Provenance: Private collection

    Charlton Hall
  • Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Dans l'Atelier (pl. pour Paroles peintes II), 1965
    Apr. 25, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Dans l'Atelier (pl. pour Paroles peintes II), 1965

    Est: €200 - €300

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Dans l'Atelier (pl. pour Paroles peintes II), 1965 Eau-forte sur vélin Épreuve non signée, issue de l'ouvrage Paroles peintes II, 1965 Édition à 150 ex. non signés (il y a également le tirage de tête à 50 ex. signés et numérotés) Éditeur O. Lazar-Vernet, Paris 25 x 19 cm (à vue) - encadrée

    Millon & Associes
  • Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966), "Portrait of Rimbaud, from Rimbaud, vu par les peintres", 1962
    Apr. 24, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966), "Portrait of Rimbaud, from Rimbaud, vu par les peintres", 1962

    Est: $6,000 - $9,000

    Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966) "Portrait of Rimbaud, from Rimbaud, vu par les peintres", 1962 etching pencil-signed and numbered "30/97" lower margin, and New Orleans Museum of Art exhibition labels en verso. Published by Matarasso, Paris. Matted, glazed and framed.

    New Orleans Auction Galleries
  • Alberto Giacometti - Buste - 1995 Offset Lithograph 25.5" x 31.5"
    Apr. 16, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti - Buste - 1995 Offset Lithograph 25.5" x 31.5"

    Est: $125 - $175

    "Buste" by Alberto Giacometti, 1995 Unsigned Offset Lithograph. Paper size is 25.5 x 31.5 inches, with an image size of 25.5 x 31.5 inches. The Offset Lithograph is from an edition size of 500 and is not framed. The condition was rated A: Mint. Additional details: This limited edition reproduction of Alberto Giacometti's Buste, 1954 is a meticulously crafted print, capturing the essence of the original work. Printed on high-quality Stonehenge paper, known for its durability and fine texture, the reproduction is signed and numbered in the plate, ensuring the fidelity and recognition of Giacometti's signature style. However, it is important to note that the print is not hand-signed or hand-numbered. The original drawing dated back to 1947-1948, this period was notable for Giacometti as he focused extensively on busts and heads, capturing the essence of his subjects through memory and abstraction .

    DUMBO Auctions
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901 - 1966) Au Café.
    Apr. 15, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901 - 1966) Au Café.

    Est: $12,000 - $18,000

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901 - 1966) Au Café. Lithograph, 1951. 360x487 mm; 14⅛x19¼ inches, wide margins. Signed and numbered 14/30 in pencil, lower margin. Published by Maeght, Paris, in 1954. Lust 20.

    Swann Auction Galleries
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 'FEMME AVEC ROUE' BRONZE
    Apr. 12, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 'FEMME AVEC ROUE' BRONZE

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    Bronze sculpture titled 'Woman with Wheel' after Alberto Giacometti. Signed to bronze base. Measures 13 3/4" length x 10" height.

    Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI: Figurines dans l’Atelier.
    Apr. 12, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI: Figurines dans l’Atelier.

    Est: €280 -

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Stampa/Schweiz 1901 - 1966 Chur Figurines dans l’Atelier. Radierung um 1966. Lust 193. - Abdruck außerhalb der Auflage für die Mappe „La Magie quotidienne“. Auf kräftigem Vélin. 41,5 x 29,5 cm. Verso mit Kleberesten an den oberen Ecken. [bg]

    Winterberg-Kunst
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI: Studio.
    Apr. 12, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI: Studio.

    Est: €120 -

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Stampa/Schweiz 1901 - 1966 Chur Studio. Linker Teil des Diptychons zu Robert Lebels „La Double Vue“. Radierung 1964. Lust 177a. - Abdruck außerhalb der Buchauflage von 111 Expl. Auf chamoisfarbenem Vélin d’Arches. 25,8 x 19,8 cm (Blatt: 38 x 28 cm). Breite Ränder mit vereinzelten schwachen Stockfleckchen. [ms]

    Winterberg-Kunst
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI: Nude in Profile - Bust of a Nude.
    Apr. 12, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI: Nude in Profile - Bust of a Nude.

    Est: €300 -

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Stampa/Schweiz 1901 - 1966 Chur Nude in Profile - Bust of a Nude. 2 Bll. Lithographien in Dunkelgrau 1961. Lust 149 und 156. - Beide verso mit gedrucktem französischem Text. Auf Vélin. 31,5 x 27 und 36,5 x 21 cm. Bl. 1 mit Heftspuren am linken Rand. Erschienen in DLM Nr. 127. [bg]

    Winterberg-Kunst
  • Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966); A Group of Four Etchings;
    Apr. 08, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966); A Group of Four Etchings;

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) A Group of Four Etchings (Kornfeld 443-446), 1965 Etchings on wove paper (two with watermarks), with 'AG' inkstamp and numbered in pencil 56/90, 28/90, 70/90 and 28/90 respectively, with margins. (4) Titles Include: Tenailles dans l'atelier de Diego; Coin de l'atelier de Diego I; Coin de l'atelier de Diego II; Cisailles dans l'atelier de Diego each appox. 8 3/4 x 6 1/2in (22.2 x 16.5cm) each sheet appox. 14 5/8 x 11 1/4in (37.1 x 28.6cm)

    Bonhams
  • Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966); Self-Portrait;
    Apr. 08, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966); Self-Portrait;

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Self-Portrait (Lust 355), 1965 Lithograph on Rives paper, signed in pencil and numbered 21/75, published by Maeght, Paris, with full margins. sheet 26 3/4 x 19 7/8in (67.9 x 50.5cm)

    Bonhams
  • Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966); Homme debout et soleil;
    Apr. 08, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966); Homme debout et soleil;

    Est: $8,000 - $12,000

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Homme debout et soleil (Lust 38), 1963 Lithograph on Rives BFK paper, signed in pencil and numbered 128/150, published by Université de Saint-Gallen, Switzerland, with full margins. sheet 25 3/4 x 19 5/8in (65.4 x 49.8cm)

    Bonhams
  • Alberto GIACOMETTI
    Apr. 08, 2025

    Alberto GIACOMETTI

    Est: €6,000 - €8,000

    Alberto GIACOMETTI Sans titre (Figure debout dans l'atelier) - circa 1951 Crayons de couleur sur papier 35.1 x 22.7 cm Provenance : Cadeau de l'artiste à Tériade Collection Alice Tériade, France Vente Londres, Christie's, A Selection of Works from the Alice Tériade Collection, 24 juin 2003, lot 28 Collection particulière, Suisse J&P Fine Art, Zürich Larkin Erdmann, Zürich Acquis auprès du précédent par l'actuel propriétaire Expositions : Zürich, J&P Fine Art, Alberto Giacometti. Skulpturen, Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Grafiken, juin-juillet 2006, n° 21, reproduit p.43 Paris, Galerie Patrice Trigano, Alberto Giacometti. Sculptures, peintures et dessins, avril-juin 2007, n°14 Une attestation d'inclusion de la Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti sera remise à l'acquéreur. Colored crayons on paper; 13 7/8 x 9 in. Lot en provenance hors UE/en importation temporaire. L’adjudication est HT. - L’adjudication est HT. La TVA au taux réduit de 5,5% s’applique sur l’adjudication. Cette TVA est récupérable pour le professionnel français. Elle est remboursable pour un acheteur hors UE sur présentation des justificatifs d’exportation hors UE ou pour un adjudicataire professionnel justifiant d’un numéro de TVA intracommunautaire et d’un document prouvant la livraison dans l’Etat membre. - The hammer price will be VAT excluded. 5.5% VAT will be added to the hammer price. Upon request, this VAT can be refunded to the purchaser on presentation of written proof of exportation outside the EU or to the EU purchaser who will submit his intracommunity VAT number and a proof of shipment of his purchase to his EU country home address. Cette oeuvre est référencée par la Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti dans sa base de données en ligne, Alberto Giacometti Database (AGD), sous le numéro 1471. Alberto GIACOMETTI 35.1 x 22.7 cm

    Artcurial
  • NUDE PORTRAIT ETCHING SIGNED ALBERTO GIACOMETTI
    Apr. 05, 2025

    NUDE PORTRAIT ETCHING SIGNED ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

    Est: $100 - $150

    A limited edition etching on paper depicting a sketch portrait of a nude woman. Signed in pencil, Alberto Giacometti, lower right. Numbered, 32 of 50, lower left. Alberto Giacometti, French, Swiss, 1901 to 1966, was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker. Beginning in 1922, he lived and worked mainly in Paris. Giacometti was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. His work was particularly influenced by artistic styles such as Cubism and Surrealism. Philosophical questions about the human condition, as well as existential and phenomenological debates played a significant role in his work. European Graphic Art Prints, Nude Portraits, and Collectibles.

    Antique Arena Inc
  • GIACOMETTI ALBERTO (1901-1966)
    Apr. 05, 2025

    GIACOMETTI ALBERTO (1901-1966)

    Est: €500 - €700

    Lot of two lithographs from the series 'Derrière le mirroir'

    Campo & Campo
  • GIACOMETTI ALBERTO (1901-1966)
    Apr. 05, 2025

    GIACOMETTI ALBERTO (1901-1966)

    Est: €300 - €500

    Seated nude

    Campo & Campo
  • Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Swiss Lithograph Figure Study "Annette" from Derriere Le Miroir 127
    Mar. 30, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Swiss Lithograph Figure Study "Annette" from Derriere Le Miroir 127

    Est: $200 - $400

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Swiss Lithograph Figure Study "Annette" from Derriere Le Miroir 127. Published by Maeght Editeur in 1961. Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker. Beginning in 1922, he lived and worked mainly in Paris but regularly visited his hometown Borgonovo to see his family and work on his art. Giacometti was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century.   Overall Size: 18 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. Sight Size: 13 1/2 x 10 in.  #6339

    Sarasota Estate Auction
  • Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966)
    Mar. 28, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966)

    Est: $100 - $300

    Alberto Giacometti, Swiss / French (1901 - 1966) Lithograph on Paper "Seated Nude" Signed Lower Right. Sight measures 12" x 8-7/8". Frame measures 17-3/4" x 13-7/8". Condition: Foxing to the paper. Soiling to the matting. Estimate 100 - 300 Domestic shipping Third party

    Orion Antiques
  • Giacometti, Alberto -
    Mar. 26, 2025

    Giacometti, Alberto -

    Est: CHF3,000 - CHF5,000

    Giacometti, Alberto - Char, René. Retour Amont. Mit 4 Original-Radierungen von A. Giacometti. Paris, GLM, 1965. 4° (24,5 × 19 cm). [3] w. Bll., 58 S., [3] Bll., [1] w. Bl. Signierter Meistereinband von P.-L. Martin: Hellgraues geglättetes Leder mit schwarzgepr. Rückentitel und vertikaler Intarsie aus schwarzem Leder auf beiden Deckeln. Spiegel und Vorsätze mit hellgrauen Sämischleder-Bezügen, dreiseitiger Goldschnitt. Original-Broschur eingebunden. In passender Halbleder-Chemise mit goldgepr. Rückentitel (diese mit minimen Bereibungen am Rücken). Monod 2630 - Lust 188-191. - Eines von 148 numerierten Exemplaren auf vélin de Rives (GA 188), im Druckvermerk von Char am 11. Januar 1966 signiert, dem Todestag von Alberto Giacometti. - Sehr schönes Exemplar.

    Koller Auctions
  • Alberto Giacometti Oliver larronde allongé Oliver larronde allongé
    Mar. 22, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti Oliver larronde allongé Oliver larronde allongé

    Est: €20,000 - €25,000

    Alberto Giacometti Oliver larronde allongé Oliver larronde allongé

    Fabiani Arte
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) Études de têtes et de table
    Mar. 19, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) Études de têtes et de table

    Est: €6,000 - €8,000

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966) Études de têtes et de table Mine de plomb sur une double-page détachée de l'étude Baudelaire mis à nu, par Georges Bataille, publiée dans la revue Critique, n°8-9, janvier-février 1947, pp. 8-9 Annotée 'Ce dessin est de la main/d'Alberto Giacometti/James Lord' au dos du montage (Petites déchirures en haut et bords irréguliers) Graphite on a double-page detached from the study 'Baudelaire mis à nu' by Georges Bataille published in 'Critique', n°8-9, January-February 1947, pp. 8-9, inscribed 'Ce dessin est de la main/d'Alberto Giacometti/James Lord' on the back of the mount 22,5 x 28,1 cm - 8 7/8 x 11 in. Un certificat du Comité Giacometti, en date d'avril 2023, sera remis à l'acquéreur. Cette oeuvre est référencée dans les archives de la Fondation Giacometti sous le n°4527. Provenance - Collection James Lord, France - Collection particulière, France - Vente, Les Phares, Farran, Montpellier, 11 juin 2023, lot 129 - Collection particulière, France (acquis au cours de la vente précédente)

    Aguttes
  • Alberto Giacometti Etching "Dans l'Atelier"
    Mar. 15, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti Etching "Dans l'Atelier"

    Est: $200 - $400

    After Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966) Etching "Dans l'Atelier". Unsigned. Collectors Guild COA affixed to verso. Good condition. Platemark measures 9-3/4" x 7-3/4", frame measures 21" x 16-3/4". LA/B13/SH:2C

    Joshua Kodner
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, EX LIBRIS EDMOND BOMSEL, ETCHING ON JAPON
    Mar. 13, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, EX LIBRIS EDMOND BOMSEL, ETCHING ON JAPON

    Est: $1,500 - $2,500

    Artist: Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966) Title: Ex Libris Edmond Bomsel Year: 1961 Medium: Etching on Japon, signed 'AM' in the plate Size: 4.5 x 3.5 in. (11.43 x 8.89 cm) Description: From the collection of the late Larry Saphire.

    RoGallery
  • AFTER ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966). Pair of Andirons, executed in the las
    Mar. 11, 2025

    AFTER ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966). Pair of Andirons, executed in the las

    Est: $15,000 - $20,000

    AFTER ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966). Pair of Andirons, executed in the last quarter of the 20th century. 13 x 11 ½ x 15 ¼ in. (33 x 29 x 38.5 cm) (each).

    Christie's
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 1901-1966 Galerie Maeght 1960 circa
    Mar. 06, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 1901-1966 Galerie Maeght 1960 circa

    Est: €125 - €150

    Offset, Imp. Mourlot, Paris.  Qualità: B+.  73,00 x 52,00 cm - Offset, Imp. Mourlot, Paris.  Condition: B+.  28.74 x 20.47 in.

    Aste Bolaffi
  • Alberto Giacometti (D'après)
    Mar. 02, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti (D'après)

    Est: €1,600 - €2,400

    « Sans titre » Dessin à l'encre noire sur papier, avec signature manuscrite au feutre noir au centre. 30 x 40 cm environ)

    MDP Auction
  • Arbres
    Feb. 27, 2025

    Arbres

    Est: $15,000 - $20,000

    Property from The Louis-Dreyfus Family Collections  Alberto Giacometti  1901 - 1966    Arbres  signed Alberto Giacometti and dated 50 (lower right)   pencil on paper  19 ⅝ by 12 ⅞ in.  49.8 by 32.7 cm.   Executed in 1950.     The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Giacometti and it is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database as no. 4170. 

    Sotheby's
  • Intérieur à Maloja
    Feb. 27, 2025

    Intérieur à Maloja

    Est: $18,000 - $25,000

    Property from The Louis-Dreyfus Family Collections  Alberto Giacometti  1901 - 1966    Intérieur à Maloja  signed Alberto Giacometti and dated 59 (lower right) pencil on paper  19 ⅞ by 12 ⅞ in.   50.5 by 32.7 cm.   Executed in 1959.      The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Giacometti, and it is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti Database as no. 4183.  

    Sotheby's
  • Rue de Stampa
    Feb. 27, 2025

    Rue de Stampa

    Est: $10,000 - $15,000

    Property from The Louis-Dreyfus Family Collections  Alberto Giacometti  1901 - 1966    Rue de Stampa  signed Alberto Giacometti (lower right)  pencil on paper  8 ¾ by 6 ⅞ in.  22.2 by 17.5 cm.   Executed in 1950.  The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Giacometti, and it is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti Database as no. 4194.  

    Sotheby's
  • Alberto Giacometti (1091-1966)
    Feb. 23, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti (1091-1966)

    Est: €2,000 - €3,000

    Nu aux fleurs, 1960 Très belle épreuve sur vélin, signée dans la planche. Grandes marges. Tirage à 80 épreuves. Édition de la Galerie Maeght. Approximately 12x10.5” outer edge.

    Absolute Auction
  • Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Buste à l'atelier
    Feb. 23, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Buste à l'atelier

    Est: €600 - €700

    Lithographie d'après un dessin de l'artiste Edité par l'atelier Maeght Signée dans la planche Sur vélin 66 x 80 cm Au verso copyright Editeur Maeght © Succession Alberto Giacometti / ADAGP, Paris 2014 Excellent état

    Absolute Auction
  • Alberto Giacometti Modernist Style Chariot Bronze
    Feb. 22, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti Modernist Style Chariot Bronze

    Est: -

    Granite Base. Reproduction Within Giacometti. In Used Condition, Signs Of Light Wear. Measuring Approximately 18.5in X 8.5in X 6in. Nr12711 Ci

    EJ'S Auction & Appraisal
  • Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966), Diego, male portrait / seated female nude, 2 lithographs from Behind the Mirror, 14"H x 10"W (sight), 20"H x 16"W (mat)
    Feb. 22, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966), Diego, male portrait / seated female nude, 2 lithographs from Behind the Mirror, 14"H x 10"W (sight), 20"H x 16"W (mat)

    Est: $200 - $300

    Alberto Giacometti Swiss, (1901 - 1966) Diego, male portrait / seated female nude 2 lithographs from Behind the Mirror Diego: Korvette Gallery label verso. Biography from the Archives of askART: The son of Swiss impressionist painter Giovanni Giacometti, he was born in Stampa in the Bregaglia Valley. He displayed a talent for painting and sculpture at an early age and with his father's guidance he made his earliest drawings, paintings and sculpture using his family for models. By age ten he had progressed from a simple illustration of Snow White to a detailed copy of Rembrandt's Good Samaritan. His first bust, made when he was just thirteen, was of his younger brother, Diego, who would become his lifelong assistant. Alberto spent six months when he was eighteen as a student at the Ecole Des Arts et Metiers in Geneva. He visited Venice with his father where he first experienced paintings by Tintoretto. He stayed a short period in Italy, where he studied Byzantine Mosaics and Baroque architecture. On the way home they visited a church in Padua filled with frescoes by Giotto where he had his first experience with an almost hallucinatory vision giving him a challenge to portray the world according to his own desires rather than the conventional ones. He went to Paris in 1922 to study with Rodin's pupil Bourdelle and settled in the tiny Montparnasse studio where he worked the rest of his life. He allied with the surrealists, until he wearied of creating what he called "these mental reconstructions." He sought, through his sculpture, to probe for the essence of life, but was never satisfied with the search. During this period he started the usual figures and busts at typical sizes and after several months of work the figures had shrunk to the size of a pin. One of the great bohemians, Giacometti loved to haunt cafes until late at night. His dingy studio, lit by a dusty studio window and bare light bulbs, heated by a potbellied stove, was strewn with cigarette butts. He traveled little, except to Switzerland at Christmas and New Years. He left Paris in December 1941 for Switzerland, but Diego stayed behind in Paris to take care of the studio. Giacometti's extremely personal conception of space and figuration matured after the Second World War and he developed still further his elongated and isolated figures with a suggestion of existentialist tragedy, skeletal and emaciated groups which created their own spatial environment in a unique way. Between 1940 and 1945 he produced works on a miniature scale which nevertheless created a symbolic impression of magnitude. It was during the years in Geneva that he met Annette Arm. She moved in with him and abided by his request that she not change the way he lived. She became his model, his muse and after a few years, his wife. He continued to make nocturnal visits to cafes and to use prostitutes for his models. His personal life has been described (perhaps wrongly) as dealing with impotence, a foot fetish, and his being sexually comfortable only with prostitutes. He went through a series of inconclusive romances to his ultimately hellish marriage in mid-life while carrying on an affair with Caroline who was a prostitute, extortionist and thief. In December 1965 he departed for a hospital in Switzerland complaining of exhaustion. A month later, in January 1966, he died of complications from heart disease. He was sixty-four years old. Compiled and submitted August 2004 by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California Sources include: Jonathan Silver in Art News,March 1986 and Time Magazine 1966 The Oxford Companion to Art, edited by Harold Osborne "Magnificent Obsession", article by Paul Trachtman in Smithsonian Magazine, November 2001 Review in LA Times by Christopher Knight, Wednesday, November 21, 2001

    Ripley Auctions
  • Giacometti, Alberto (1901-1966) Studio Szene, Lithographie.
    Feb. 22, 2025

    Giacometti, Alberto (1901-1966) Studio Szene, Lithographie.

    Est: €600 - €1,500

    Giacometti, Alberto (1901-1966) Studio Szene, Lithographie. Außen Erläuterungen zu Giacometti auf Italienisch. Innen auf zwei Seiten eine dargestellte Studio Szene. Druck 38 x 56 cm. Giacometti, Alberto (1901-1966) Studio Scene, lithograph. Explanatory notes on Giacometti in Italian on the outside. Inside on two sides a depicted studio scene. Print 38 x 56 cm.

    Auktionshaus Karrenbauer
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 'BUST OF A MAN' 1961 LITHOGRAPH
    Feb. 20, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 'BUST OF A MAN' 1961 LITHOGRAPH

    Est: $300 - $600

    Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966). "Bust of a Man" from Derriere le Miroir, 1961, lithograph on paper, pencil signed to LR, page no. 9 and inscribed in French to verso of sheet, gallery correspondence to verso from Midtown Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Framed. Note: Published by Galerie Maeght, Paris, edition No. 127. Provenanace: Private Collection of Bryan Freeman, Atlanta, GA. Approximate dimensions: sheet h. 14.75", w. 10.875"; frame h. 22.75", w. 18.75", d. 1.25".

    Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
  • Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966), The Search, etching, 16 3/4"H x 13 3/4"W (sheet)
    Feb. 19, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966), The Search, etching, 16 3/4"H x 13 3/4"W (sheet)

    Est: -

    Alberto Giacometti Swiss, (1901 - 1966) The Search etching Biography from the Archives of askART: Alberto Giacometti (October 10, 1901-January 11, 1966) The son of Swiss impressionist painter Giovanni Giacometti, he was born in Stampa in the Bregaglia Valley. He displayed a talent for painting and sculpture at an early age and with his father's guidance he made his earliest drawings, paintings and sculpture using his family for models. By age ten he had progressed from a simple illustration of Snow White to a detailed copy of Rembrandt's Good Samaritan. His first bust, made when he was just thirteen, was of his younger brother, Diego, who would become his lifelong assistant. Alberto spent six months when he was eighteen as a student at the Ecole Des Arts et Metiers in Geneva. He visited Venice with his father where he first experienced paintings by Tintoretto. He stayed a short period in Italy, where he studied Byzantine Mosaics and Baroque architecture. On the way home they visited a church in Padua filled with frescoes by Giotto where he had his first experience with an almost hallucinatory vision giving him a challenge to portray the world according to his own desires rather than the conventional ones. He went to Paris in 1922 to study with Rodin's pupil Bourdelle and settled in the tiny Montparnasse studio where he worked the rest of his life. He allied with the surrealists, until he wearied of creating what he called "these mental reconstructions." He sought, through his sculpture, to probe for the essence of life, but was never satisfied with the search. During this period he started the usual figures and busts at typical sizes and after several months of work the figures had shrunk to the size of a pin. One of the great bohemians, Giacometti loved to haunt cafes until late at night. His dingy studio, lit by a dusty studio window and bare light bulbs, heated by a potbellied stove, was strewn with cigarette butts. He traveled little, except to Switzerland at Christmas and New Years. He left Paris in December 1941 for Switzerland, but Diego stayed behind in Paris to take care of the studio. Giacometti's extremely personal conception of space and figuration matured after the Second World War and he developed still further his elongated and isolated figures with a suggestion of existentialist tragedy, skeletal and emaciated groups which created their own spatial environment in a unique way. Between 1940 and 1945 he produced works on a miniature scale which nevertheless created a symbolic impression of magnitude. It was during the years in Geneva that he met Annette Arm. She moved in with him and abided by his request that she not change the way he lived. She became his model, his muse and after a few years, his wife. He continued to make nocturnal visits to cafes and to use prostitutes for his models. His personal life has been described (perhaps wrongly) as dealing with impotence, a foot fetish, and his being sexually comfortable only with prostitutes. He went through a series of inconclusive romances to his ultimately hellish marriage in mid-life while carrying on an affair with Caroline who was a prostitute, extortionist and thief. In December 1965 he departed for a hospital in Switzerland complaining of exhaustion. A month later, in January 1966, he died of complications from heart disease. He was sixty-four years old. Compiled and submitted August 2004 by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California Sources include: Jonathan Silver in Art News,March 1986 and Time Magazine 1966 The Oxford Companion to Art, edited by Harold Osborne "Magnificent Obsession", article by Paul Trachtman in Smithsonian Magazine, November 2001 Review in LA Times by Christopher Knight, Wednesday, November 21, 2001

    Ripley Auctions
  • Alberto GIACOMETTI: "Rue d'Alesia".
    Feb. 15, 2025

    Alberto GIACOMETTI: "Rue d'Alesia".

    Est: $2,000 - $2,500

    Alberto GIACOMETTI (Swiss, 1901 1966): "Rue d'Alesia". Lithograph on wove paper, printed to the sheet's edges, as issued, 1951. Reference: Lust 201. Edition of 200. Published by "Les Editions Maeght", Paris, promoting a show at their gallery. Signed in the image. Also signed and numbered in ink (ink faded, but pen's embossing still visible). Sheet size: 27 3/4 x 21 inches.

    Armstrong Fine Art
  • Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), ALBERTO GIACOMETTI: DESSINS, GRAVURES, LITHOGRAPHIES, 30 JUIN - 30 SEPTEMBER, 1984
    Feb. 13, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), ALBERTO GIACOMETTI: DESSINS, GRAVURES, LITHOGRAPHIES, 30 JUIN - 30 SEPTEMBER, 1984

    Est: $75 - $100

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Swiss ALBERTO GIACOMETTI: DESSINS, GRAVURES, LITHOGRAPHIES, 30 JUIN - 30 SEPTEMBER, 1984 offset lithograph on paper exhibition poster for Château de Tanlay, Expo '84, published by Union Paris sheet 25 x 16.9 in — 63.5 x 42.9 cm Estimate: $75—100 CAD

    Waddington's
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, SWISS 1901-1966, NU ASSIS, Lithograph, 20 x 22 in. (50.8 x 55.9 cm.), Frame: 37 x 29 1/4 in. (94 x 74.3 cm.)
    Feb. 12, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, SWISS 1901-1966, NU ASSIS, Lithograph, 20 x 22 in. (50.8 x 55.9 cm.), Frame: 37 x 29 1/4 in. (94 x 74.3 cm.)

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI SWISS, 1901-1966 NU ASSIS Lithograph Lower left numbered: 100/100; lower right signed: Alberto Giacometti; lower right Gemini blind stamps; Published by Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles

    Potomack Company
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI - Paris Sans Fin
    Feb. 11, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI - Paris Sans Fin

    Est: -

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Switzerland 1901-1966 Paris Sans Fin. 1969 Lithograph on Arches paper Signed on plate with monogram Numbered in pencil 18/30 Dimensions 42 x 32 cm Published by Tériade, Paris 1969 PROVENANCE Bárcena y Berggruen Gallery, Madrid Private collection BIBLIOGRAPHY Wuhrmann, Sylvie, "Alberto Giacometti. Paris Sans Fin", Buchet/Chastel, Paris 2003, No. 118 Herbert C. Lust, "Alberto Giacometti. The complete Graphics", Ed. Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, San Francisco 1991

    Subastas Segre
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI - Paris Sans Fin
    Feb. 11, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI - Paris Sans Fin

    Est: -

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Switzerland 1901-1966 Paris Sans Fin. 1969 Lithograph on Arches paper Signed on plate with monogram Numbered in pencil 18/30 Dimensions 42 x 32 cm Published by Tériade, Paris 1969 PROVENANCE Bárcena y Berggruen Gallery, Madrid Private collection BIBLIOGRAPHY Wuhrmann, Sylvie, "Alberto Giacometti. Paris Sans Fin", Buchet/Chastel, Paris 2003, No. 147 Herbert C. Lust, "Alberto Giacometti. The complete Graphics", Ed. Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, San Francisco 1991

    Subastas Segre
  • Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Buste à l'atelier
    Feb. 08, 2025

    Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Buste à l'atelier

    Est: €600 - €700

    Lithographie d'après un dessin de l'artiste Edité par l'atelier Maeght Signée dans la planche Sur vélin 66 x 80 cm Au verso copyright Editeur Maeght © Succession Alberto Giacometti / ADAGP, Paris 2014 Excellent état

    Absolute Auction
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI MANNER PORTRAIT INK PAINTING
    Feb. 08, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI MANNER PORTRAIT INK PAINTING

    Est: $100 - $150

    An ink painting on paper depicting a portrait of a man in the manner of Alberto Giacometti, French, Swiss, 1901 to 1966. Signed and dated 1964, lower right. Framed. Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker. Beginning in 1922, he lived and worked mainly in Paris. Giacometti was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. His work was particularly influenced by artistic styles such as Cubism and Surrealism. Philosophical questions about the human condition, as well as existential and phenomenological debates played a significant role in his work. One of a kind artwork.

    Antique Arena Inc
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 'THE CHARIOT' BRONZE SCULPTURE
    Feb. 01, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 'THE CHARIOT' BRONZE SCULPTURE

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    Bronze sculpture depicting a figure standing above two wheels after Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966). Signed beside figure's right foot. Measures 18 1/2" overall height.

    Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 'BUST D'HOMME' BRONZE SCULPTURE
    Feb. 01, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 'BUST D'HOMME' BRONZE SCULPTURE

    Est: $800 - $1,000

    Bronze sculpture depicting the bust of a man after Alberto Giacometti. Signed to bronze base. Mounted to marble base. Measures 15" height x 7" width.

    Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, HISTOIRE DE RATS (DIANE BATAILLE VI), ETCHING ON ARCHES
    Jan. 30, 2025

    ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, HISTOIRE DE RATS (DIANE BATAILLE VI), ETCHING ON ARCHES

    Est: $650 - $850

    Artist: Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966) Title: Histoire de rats (Diane Bataille VI) Portfolio: Georges Bataille. Histoire de rats Year: 1947 (Printed 1995) Medium: Etching on Arches Image Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches Size: 8 x 6.5 in. (20.32 x 16.51 cm) Printer: Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris Reference: Larry Saphire Description: A suite of 14 portraits from Histoire De Rats originally published in 1947 by Les Editions de Minuit, Paris. Plates cleaned and printed by original printers Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris in 1995 at the request of Larry Saphire for a complete record of Giacometti's work. Giacometti, who had been friends with Bataille since 1929, created three portraits for this publication: "D" is the author himself under his pseudonym Dianus, "B" is Diane Bateille and "A" is Alexandre Kojeve. From the collection of the late Larry Saphire.

    RoGallery
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