Price databaseBrowseSell 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 IIIKornfeld482lots offered2002–2026years recorded85%sold (382)$8.7kSign 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

477 results · page 3 of 12

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. L'Atelier by Alberto Giacometti, 1951, Oil on canvas, sold Sep 2024
    L'Atelier, 1951
    Oil · Canvas
    73 x 60 cm
    Kornfeld · · Lot 38
    CHF 4,800,000≈ $5,666,400≈ £4,319,890≈ €5,113,618HammerSign up free to seeEst. CHF 6,000,000–View at Kornfeld ↗
  2. Buste de Diego au col roulé by Alberto Giacometti, 1951, Plaster, discreetly coloured, sold Sep 2024
    Buste de Diego au col roulé, 1951
    Sculpture
    34.2 x 31.1 x 16.4 cm
    Kornfeld · · Lot 39
    CHF 2,600,000≈ $3,069,300≈ £2,339,941≈ €2,769,876HammerSign up free to seeEst. CHF 2,500,000–View at Kornfeld ↗
  3. Buste sur socle by Alberto Giacometti, circa 1957, cast from 1960-1962, Bronze, sold Sep 2024
    Buste sur socle, circa 1957, cast from 1960-1962
    Sculpture
    39.5 x 15.6 x 9.7 cm
    Kornfeld · · Lot 41
    CHF 3,800,000≈ $4,485,900≈ £3,419,913≈ €4,048,281HammerSign up free to seeEst. CHF 2,500,000–View at Kornfeld ↗
  4. Femme assise [Aika] by Alberto Giacometti, 1960, Oil on canvas, sold Sep 2024
    Femme assise [Aika], 1960
    Oil · Canvas
    100 x 65 cm
    Kornfeld · · Lot 42
    CHF 4,300,000≈ $5,076,150≈ £3,869,902≈ €4,580,949HammerSign up free to seeEst. CHF 5,000,000–View at Kornfeld ↗
  5. Stèle III by Alberto Giacometti, 1958, cast from 1958, sold Sep 2024
    Stèle III
    1958, cast from 1958 · ed. 2/6
    166.1 x 30.2 x 19 cm
    Kornfeld · · Lot 43
    CHF 6,200,000≈ $7,319,100≈ £5,579,858≈ €6,605,090HammerSign up free to seeEst. CHF 7,500,000–View at Kornfeld ↗
  6. Guardia Svizzera alla corte di Luigi XVI re di Francia by Alberto Giacometti, 1914, Pencil drawing and watercolour, heightened with gold, on firm wove paper, sold Sep 2024
    Guardia Svizzera alla corte di Luigi XVI re di Francia, 1914
    Watercolor · Paper
    21.5 x 12 cm
    Kornfeld · · Lot 325
    CHF 10,000≈ $11,702≈ £8,972≈ €10,623HammerSign up free to seeEst. CHF 7,500–View at Kornfeld ↗
  7. Lucas Lichtenhan au chapeau by Alberto Giacometti, 1917, Pencil drawing on wove paper, sold Sep 2024
    Lucas Lichtenhan au chapeau, 1917
    Drawing · Paper
    25.6 x 21.7 cm
    Kornfeld · · Lot 326
    CHF 12,000≈ $14,042≈ £10,766≈ €12,747HammerSign up free to seeEst. CHF 15,000–View at Kornfeld ↗
  8. Jugendlicher Violinspieler - Bruder Bruno Giacometti mit Violine (Bruno jouant du violon) by Alberto Giacometti, Spring 1918, Pen and ink drawing in red ink on letter paper, sold Sep 2024
    Jugendlicher Violinspieler - Bruder Bruno Giacometti mit Violine (Bruno jouant du violon), Spring 1918
    Drawing · Paper
    19.8 x 16.1 cm
    Kornfeld · · Lot 327
    CHF 14,400≈ $16,851≈ £12,919≈ €15,297HammerSign up free to seeEst. CHF 18,000–View at Kornfeld ↗
  9. Clara Ganzoni (recto) - Esquisse de personnages jouant à table (verso) by Alberto Giacometti, 1918, Ink drawing on cream-coloured wove paper (recto and on the reverse), sold Sep 2024
    Clara Ganzoni (recto) - Esquisse de personnages jouant à table (verso), 1918
    Drawing · Paper
    34 x 24.9 cm
    Kornfeld · · Lot 328
    CHF 22,000≈ $25,744≈ £19,738≈ €23,370HammerSign up free to seeEst. CHF 27,500–View at Kornfeld ↗
  10. Landschaft mit Bäumen im Bergell (Arbres) by Alberto Giacometti, 1919, Watercolour over a light preparatory drawing in pencil on wove paper, sold Sep 2024
    Landschaft mit Bäumen im Bergell (Arbres), 1919
    Watercolor · Paper
    29 x 22 cm
    Kornfeld · · Lot 330
    CHF 32,000≈ $37,446≈ £28,710≈ €33,993HammerSign up free to seeEst. CHF 40,000–View at Kornfeld ↗
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 (215)Alberto Giacometti etchings (90)Alberto Giacometti lithographs (115)Alberto Giacometti sculpture (69)

Alberto Giacometti signature

227 catalogued lots by Alberto Giacometti record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (88% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

  • lower right69
  • on the reverse4
  • on the base2
  • in the plate1
  • in the margin1
  • lower left1

Form

  • signed138
  • signed in pencil49
  • 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.

Related artists — Swiss, born 1876–1926

More Swiss artists of the same period