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Rue Didot by Alberto Giacometti, 1959, Pencil drawing on wove paper, sold Sep 2025Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗

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Rue Didot

Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901–1966) · 1959

CHF 48,000 hammer

≈ $60,178≈ £44,438≈ €51,355

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Medium
Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →
As published: “Pencil drawing on wove paper”
Support
Paper
Signed / inscribed
Signed and dated by the artist in pencil · Alberto Giacometti signature
Category
Drawings
Dimensions
50 x 32 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 284: Alberto and Diego Giacometti - E.W.K. Collection - Live Auction (284)
Date
September 12, 2025
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
31
Estimate
CHF 75,000 – — (≈ $94,028) (≈ £69,434) (≈ €80,242)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (2)
  • Directly acquired from the artist in 1960 by
  • The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection, Bern, with the collector's stamp on the back, Lugt 913b
Exhibitions (12)
  • Basel 1966, Kunsthalle, Alberto Giacometti, cat. no. 225
  • Paris 1969/1970, Orangerie des Tuileries, Alberto Giacometti, cat. no. 280
  • Saint-Paul-de-Vence 1978, Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Alberto Giacometti, cat. no. 262
  • Chur 1978, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Alberto Giacometti, cat. no. 200
  • Tübingen/Hamburg/Basel/Nijmegen 1981/1982, Kunsthalle/Kunstverein/Kunstmuseum/Museum Commanderie van Sint Jan, Alberto Giacometti, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik, cat. no. Z 77
  • Bern 1989, Kunstmuseum, Von Goya bis Tinguely, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen aus einer Privatsammlung [The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection], cat. no. 220
  • Davos 1998/1999, Kirchner Museum, Werke aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, cat. no. 130
  • Milan/Mannheim 2000, Fondazione A. Mazzotta/Städtische Kunsthalle, Die Familie Giacometti, p. 84
  • Bern 2003, Kunstmuseum, Hommage an 'E.W.K.', Meisterwerke von Giovanni Giacometti, Alberto und Diego Giacometti aus der Sammlung von Eberhard W. Kornfeld, cat. no. 51
  • Vienna 2008/2009, Albertina, Wege der Moderne, Aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, cat. no. 167
  • Bern 2009/2010, Zentrum Paul Klee, Paul Klees Grafik, Die Passion des Eberhard W. Kornfeld (without cat.)
  • Bern 2017, Galerie Kornfeld, Alberto Giacometti, no. 6
Literature (4)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Confirmation of authenticity from the Comité Giacometti, Paris, dated October 2017, is available.
  • Catalogue raisonné: The drawing is registered in the online catalogue raisonné of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti under the number AGD 3834
  • André Kuenzi, Alberto Giacometti, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny 1986, cat. no. 181
  • Cristina Cappa Legora, Il segreto di Alberto, Milan 2000, p. 89, fig. p. 31

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