Price databaseBrowseWhat’s it worth?Sell your artworkAppraisals
Watchlist
Alberto Giacometti, L'Homme qui marche I

Alberto Giacometti

Swiss · 1901–1966 · Painter, Printmaker

Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker, who was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. His work was particularly… (Wikipedia)

CHF 6,200,000≈ $7,319,100≈ £5,579,858≈ €6,605,090Sign uprecord priceStèle IIIKornfeld494lots offered2002–2026years recorded85%sold (394)$8.2kSign up free to seemedian price

6 works by Alberto Giacometti with an auction history (offered more than once) →

1 work by Alberto Giacometti coming up at auction · bid with the house ↓

Record prices

  1. Stèle III by Alberto Giacometti, 1958, cast from 1958, sold Sep 2024Stèle IIIKornfeld · CHF 6,200,000≈ $7,319,100≈ £5,579,858≈ €6,605,090Sign up to see
  2. Grande femme assise by Alberto Giacometti, 1958, cast from 1978, Bronze, sold Jun 2022Grande femme assiseKornfeld · CHF 5,800,000≈ $6,018,660≈ £4,907,583≈ €5,739,710Sign up to see
  3. L'Atelier by Alberto Giacometti, 1951, Oil on canvas, sold Sep 2024L'AtelierKornfeld · CHF 4,800,000≈ $5,666,400≈ £4,319,890≈ €5,113,618Sign up to see

Alberto Giacometti’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Coming up at auction

1 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house

Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.

All filters
Longest side–Reset

490 results · page 13 of 13

Sign up free to see all prices. You’ve seen the free realized prices for this month. Artist, title, date, house, medium, size and estimates stay visible to everyone. Create a free account · Sign in
  1. Diego assis sur le lit dans l'atelier / Le Chien sur un tabouret dans l'atelier / Buste by Alberto Giacometti, Circa 1951, Three drawings with black lithographic crayon on a sheet of smooth wove paper, offered May 2015
    Diego assis sur le lit dans l'atelier / Le Chien sur un tabouret dans l'atelier / Buste, Circa 1951
    Lithograph · Paper
    76.3 x 56.3 cm
    Lempertz · · Lot 225
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €220,000–230,000View at Lempertz ↗
  2. The Search by Alberto Giacometti, Etching "The Search", offered Sep 2014
    The Search
    Etching
    Plate - 10" high x 7.75" wide
    Clarke Auction Gallery · · Lot 51
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $300–500View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
  3. Studio with Sculpture, from [Derriere le Miroir], printed by Mourlot, published by Maeght, 1961
    Lithograph
    15 x 22 in.
    Brunk Auctions · · Lot 786
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $50–150View at Brunk Auctions ↗
  4. Buste II by Alberto Giacometti, 1960, Lithograph, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins,, offered Dec 2013
    Buste II, 1960
    Lithograph · Paper · ed. 41/150
    I. 25.4 x 36.4 cm (10 x 14 3/8 in.) S. 65.3 x 50.5 cm (25 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 51
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £2,000–3,000View at Phillips ↗
  5. Stampa by Alberto Giacometti, 1964, Lithograph, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins,, offered Dec 2013
    Stampa, 1964
    Lithograph · Paper · ed. 11/75
    I. 44.6 x 40 cm (17 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.) S. 65.1 x 47.9 cm (25 5/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 53
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £2,000–3,000View at Phillips ↗
  6. Diego by Alberto Giacometti, 1963, offered Dec 2012
    Diego, 1963
    ed. HC
    Pananti · · Lot 378
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €3,500–4,000View at Pananti ↗
  7. Diego by Alberto Giacometti, 1963, offered Dec 2012
    Diego, 1963
    ed. HC
    Pananti · · Lot 378
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €3,500–4,000View at Pananti ↗
  8. Diego by Alberto Giacometti, 1963, offered Dec 2012
    Diego, 1963
    ed. HC
    Pananti · · Lot 378
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €3,500–4,000View at Pananti ↗
  9. Diego by Alberto Giacometti, 1963, offered Dec 2012
    Diego, 1963
    ed. HC
    Pananti · · Lot 378
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €3,500–4,000View at Pananti ↗
  10. Dans l'atelier (da Paroles peintes) by Alberto Giacometti, 1965, offered Dec 2011
    Dans l'atelier (da Paroles peintes), 1965
    Pananti · · Lot 295
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €400–600View at Pananti ↗
Also offered, result not published (32)

Lots by Alberto Giacometti that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.

Alberto Giacometti paintings (7)Alberto Giacometti oil paintings (7)Alberto Giacometti works on paper (78)Alberto Giacometti watercolors (4)Alberto Giacometti drawings (67)Alberto Giacometti prints (227)Alberto Giacometti etchings (91)Alberto Giacometti lithographs (126)Alberto Giacometti sculpture (69)

Alberto Giacometti signature

230 catalogued lots by Alberto Giacometti record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (89% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

  • lower right71
  • on the reverse4
  • on the base2
  • in the plate1
  • in the margin1
  • lower left1

Form

  • signed140
  • signed in pencil50
  • signed and dated32
  • monogrammed8

Alberto Giacometti signature: all forms and examples →

About Alberto Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker, who was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. His work was particularly influenced by artistic styles such as Cubism and Surrealism. Philosophical questions about the human condition, as well as existential and phenomenological debates played a significant role in his work.

From Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Auction houses that have sold Alberto Giacometti

Related artists — Swiss, born 1876–1926

More Swiss artists of the same period