Top-100 artists:
We use our proprietary AI - LiveArt Estimate™ to calculate current market value for each artwork. Based on this data LiveArt is able to provide numerous insights into artist and artwork financial performance, including:
Discover how the artwork has performed looking at the estimated historical value to date for this artwork, with its prior recorded sales and comparable artworks.
Explore the most prolific periods in an artist's career based on artwork production volume and current market value. It also segments these periods by category, offering insights into when the most valuable pieces were created in each category.
Free to sign up. No credit card required.
| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 7, 2012 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale | 23 | $****** - ****** | Tête Sur Tige |
sculpture
52.7 cm (20.75 in)
bronze with dark brown patina
signed with initials 'AG' (on the back of the head)
Galerie Maeght, Paris. Hanover Gallery, London (acquired from the above, 1955). John Carras, London (acquired from the above, June 1957).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 1986, lot 41A.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
London, The Arts Council, Alberto Giacometti: Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, June-July 1955, no. 13.
J. Dupin, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1962, p. 238 (another cast illustrated). Alberto Giacometti, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1965, p. 50 (another cast illustrated). C. Huber, Alberto Giacometti, Zurich, 1970, pp. 92-93 (plaster version illustrated). R. Hohl, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1971, figs. 114-115 (plaster version illustrated). Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti, A Biography of His Work, Paris, 1991, p. 292, no. 269 (plaster version illustrated, p. 295). The Alberto Giacometti Database, no. 2187. The Alberto and Annette Giacometti Association Database, no. S-2012-8.
