ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)

ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Homme qui chavire
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark ‘A. Giacometti 6/6 Alexis. Rudier Fondeur. Paris’ (on the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 23 3/8 in. (59.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1950; this example, cast by Alexis Rudier in 1951, is one of six recorded casts

Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Lillian Florsheim, Chicago, by whom acquired from the above, in December 1951, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 1998, lot 67.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.