GIOVANNI GIACOMETTI (Stampa 1868–1933 Glion) Il... Lot 3042

GIOVANNI GIACOMETTI (Stampa 1868–1933 Glion) Il burrone (The ravine). Circa 1918. Oil on canvas. Inscribed on the reverse by Diego Giacometti: Quadro autentico di mia padre Giovanni Giacoemtti 1868–1933. Maloja 4/10/59. Diego Giacometti. 73 × 50 cm. Provenance: - Galerie am Stadelhofen, Zurich (Estate of Giovanni Giacometti). - Swiss private collection. Exhibited: - Probably Zurich 1917, Cuno Amiet. Giovanni Giacometti. Hermann Haller. Felicitas Trillhaasse, Kunsthaus Zürich, 6.5.–3.6.1917, no. 104. - Zurich 1960, Giovanni Giacometti, Galerie am Stadelhofen, 23.4.–26.6.1960, no. 13, as 'Wasserfall, 1919'. - Zurich 1962/63, Giovanni Giacometti, Galerie am Stadelhofen, 10.11.1962–27.1.1963, no. 58, as 'Wasserfall, 1915'. Source: Giovanni Giacometti, Registro dei quadri, Quaderno 2, p. 28, no. 352. Literature: - Elisabeth Esther Köhler: Giovanni Giacometti 1868–1933. Leben und Werk, mit Werkverzeichnis, Zurich 1969, no. 279. - Paul Müller and Viola Radlach: Giovanni Giacometti. Werkkatalog der Gemälde, Zurich 1997, vol. II-2, p. 436/437, no. 1918.17 (with ill.).