Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors and Drawings, Prints and Multiples
Monday, 21 November 2016, 06:00 pm

Augusto Giacometti, Draperiestudie 1 (Study for the frescoes at the Amtshaus I  of  Stadt Zürich)

Lot 111

Augusto Giacometti, 1877-1947 (CH)

Draperiestudie 1 (Study for the frescoes at the Amtshaus I of Stadt Zürich), 1924

Pencil and chalk on green Tizian paper.
H 440 mm W 322 mm.

(Frame). Signed with the monogram lower right: A.G.
Verso signed on former frame cover, dated and titled: Augusto Giacometti, 1924, "Draperiestudie" 1.

*CHF3'500 / 4'500
*EUR3'100 / 4'000
*USD3'700 / 4'700

Hammer Price: CHF 3'600

Annotation:

Provenance:
Estate Dr. Erwin Poeschel, No. 203;
Swiss property.

Literature:
Erwin Poeschel. Augusto Giacometti.
Zurich, Orell Füssli Verlag, 1928. Page 81.
Entwurf zur "Trauung der Maria";
Hans Hartmann. Augusto Giacometti,
Pionier der Abstrakten Malerei, Ein Leben für die Farbe.
Chur, Bündner Kunstverein und Bündner Kunstmuseum, 1981.
No. 1212.