Lot #1466: ALBERTO GIACOMETTI - Vase de fleurs - Pencil drawing on paper

 

Artist: Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901 - 1966).
Title: "Vase de fleurs".
Medium: Pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1952.
Dimensions: Overall size: 13 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (333 x 235 mm). Image size: 11 x 8 15/16 in. (279 x 227 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $8,000
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $12,000/15,000
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in pencil, lower left. Light cream wove paper. Good condition.
Comment(s): A bouquet of flowers is a subject often encountered in Giacometti's oeuvre, both drawings and prints. He created, in ink and pencil, a number of drawings of flowers in the 1952-1953 period. [28504-2-8000-NA]