Lot 3034* - A201 Swiss Art - Friday, 01. July 2022, 01.30 PM
AUGUSTO GIACOMETTI
(Stampa 1877–1947 Zurich)
Self-portrait. 1940.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed in the centre right: a.g.
65 × 54 cm (oval).
Provenance:
- Private collection of Augusto Giacometti, until 9.6.1947.
- Collection of Erwin Poeschel,10.6.1947-21.7.1965.
- Estate of Erwin Poeschel (label on the reverse).
- Private collection, Zurich, since 18.6.1967.
Source:
Augusto Giacometti: Handschriftliches Werkverzeichnis, p. 106, as "Selbstbildnis (oval), 1940".
Literature:
- Arnoldo Marcelliano Zendralli: Il libro di Augusto Giacometti. Bellinzona 1943, p. 177, as "Autoritratto (Ovale), 1940".
- Arnoldo Marcelliano Zendralli: I nostri artisti. Elenco delle opere di Augusto Giacometti. 1937-maggio 1940, in: Quaderni grigionitaliani, 10, pp. 64-68, p. 68, as "Autoritratto (ovale)".
- Hans Hartmann: Augusto Giacometti. Pionier der abstrakten Malerei. Ein Leben für die Farbe, Chur 1981, p. 256, no. 1974 (with ill.).
This painting is registered under no. 12095 in the Swiss Institute for Art Research as an autographic work by Augusto Giacometti and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné "Augusto Giacometti. Catalogue raisonné der Gemälde, Wandbilder und Glasmalereien", published by the Swiss Institute of Art Research (date of publication: end of 2023).
- Private collection of Augusto Giacometti, until 9.6.1947.
- Collection of Erwin Poeschel,10.6.1947-21.7.1965.
- Estate of Erwin Poeschel (label on the reverse).
- Private collection, Zurich, since 18.6.1967.
Source:
Augusto Giacometti: Handschriftliches Werkverzeichnis, p. 106, as "Selbstbildnis (oval), 1940".
Literature:
- Arnoldo Marcelliano Zendralli: Il libro di Augusto Giacometti. Bellinzona 1943, p. 177, as "Autoritratto (Ovale), 1940".
- Arnoldo Marcelliano Zendralli: I nostri artisti. Elenco delle opere di Augusto Giacometti. 1937-maggio 1940, in: Quaderni grigionitaliani, 10, pp. 64-68, p. 68, as "Autoritratto (ovale)".
- Hans Hartmann: Augusto Giacometti. Pionier der abstrakten Malerei. Ein Leben für die Farbe, Chur 1981, p. 256, no. 1974 (with ill.).
This painting is registered under no. 12095 in the Swiss Institute for Art Research as an autographic work by Augusto Giacometti and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné "Augusto Giacometti. Catalogue raisonné der Gemälde, Wandbilder und Glasmalereien", published by the Swiss Institute of Art Research (date of publication: end of 2023).
CHF 20 000 / 30 000 | (€ 20 620 / 30 930)
Sold for CHF 29 580 (including buyer’s premium)
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