Femme de Venise VIII, 1973

sculpture

122 cm (48.03 in)

bronze bronze

inscribed Alberto Gia etti, numbered 0/6 and inscribed with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris ; stamped with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris Cire Perdue (on the interior)

Estate of the artist Thomas Gibson Fine Art, Ltd., London (acquired from the above) Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva (acquired from the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987

Raoul-Jean Moulin, Giacometti Sculptures , New York, 1964, no. 16, illustration of another cast Reinhold Hohl, Giacometti, Lausanne, 1971, pp. 119 and 204, illustrations of another cast Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, Alberto Giacometti , Paris, 1984, no. 206, p. 144, illustration of another cast Charles Juliet, Giacometti, Paris, 1985, p. 91, illustration of another cast Herbert Matter, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1987, pp. 119 and 121, illustrations of another cast Yves Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti, A Biography of His Work, Paris, 1991, no. 379, p. 402, illustration of another cast Ernst Scheidegger, Traces of a Friendship. Alberto Giacometti, Zurich, 2001, p. 146, illustration of another cast

Property from an Important European Collection Alberto Giacometti 1901 - 1966 Femme de Venise VIII inscribed Alberto Giacometti, numbered 0/6 and inscribed with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris ; stamped with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris Cire Perdue (on the interior) bronze height: 122 cm. 48 in. Conceived in 1956; this example cast in bronze by Susse Fondeur in 1973. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Giacometti and it is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database as AGD 4488.