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Alberto Giacometti and the Hensons Fly High

Result EUR3,965,000
Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim
Auction on 30 November 2023 - 18:00 (CET) - Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

The sky really was the limit for four works by Alberto Giacometti—highlights of the collection belonging to the Hensons, a Café Society couple.

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Bird, commonly known as Albatross, model designed... Alberto Giacometti and the Hensons Fly High

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Bird, commonly known as Albatross, model designed c. 1937, plaster bas-relief wall sculpture, 46 x 162 cm/18.11 x 63.77 in.
Result: €3,965,000
© Succession Alberto Giacometti/Adagp, Paris 2023

The price of this winged traveler, dating to the late 1930s, and therefore an early edition of Alberto Giacomett i’s plaster wall sculpture Bird , commonly known as Albatross (reproduced below), which he designed during his fertile collaboration with decorator Jean-Michel Frank…
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Thursday 30 November 2023 - 18:00 (CET) - Live
Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris
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