Important Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Sculptures and Multiples
Monday, 20 November 2017, 06:00 pm
Lot 103
Augusto Giacometti, 1877-1947 (CH)
Head of a man (detail study for the roof painting in the entry hall of the "Hauptwache" in Zurich "Zum Rüden" in Zürich), 1920
Pastel.
H 482 mm W 425 mm.
| CHF | 4'000 / 6'000 |
| EUR | 3'600 / 5'400 |
| USD | 4'200 / 6'300 |
Hammer Price: CHF 7'500
Annotation:
Inscribed lower right:
Motto: Das farbige Zürich.
Provenance:
Galerie Klopfer, Zurich;
Private property.
Literature:
Erwin Poeschel.
Augusto Giacometti.
Zurich, Leipzig, Orell Füssli Verlag, 1928.
No. 31, fullpage black and white illustration.
Annotation:
The work is registered at the Archive of the Swiss Institut of Art (SIK-ISEA), Zurich, Archiv-No.: 52'639.