ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966).

Bird, commonly known as Albatross, the model designed around [1937]. Applique sculpture; bas-relief. Plaster. Early edition from the late 1930s; one of the earliest known proofs. Height: 46 cm - Length: 162 cm Restoration and cleaning; supervised by La Fondation Alberto Giacometti. Important information This work has been included in the artist's catalog raisonné and referenced in the Alberto Giacometti Database under number AGD 4576 by the Giacometti Foundation. A document from the Giacometti Foundation for the inclusion of this work in the artist's catalog raisonné and its referencing in the Alberto Giacometti Database will be given to the purchaser. Provenance and history : Jean and Violet Henson Collection (1894-1974) (1887-1971). Work most likely received as a gift from Jean-Michel Frank (cf. Jean Henson, A time for réflexion, éditions Somogy, Paris, 1949, page 194). Archive: A photocopy of an early photograph of the interior of Jean and Violet Henson's estate, featuring our sconce sculpture Oiseau by Alberto Giacometti, will be given to the purchaser. Bibliography and related works : - Femina - December 1947 - January 1948. Our work photographed in situ and reproduced on page 171 in an article entirely devoted to the property of Jean and Violet Henson by Pierre Guérin. - La Maison Française - N° 163 of December 1962 - January 1963. Our work photographed in situ and reproduced on page 144 in an article devoted entirely to the Jean and Violet Henson estate, entitled [Hors du temps et de toute tendance, une demeure nous offre les trésors de son jardin et de ses objets d'art]. - Harper's Bazaar - September 1, 1937 issue. Identical models featured in a photograph by Man Ray for the Chanel brand, reproduced on pages 64-65. - Michel Butor - Diego Giacometti - Éditions Adrien Maeght, Paris, 1985. Identical model reproduced on pages 30-33 and 66-67. - Daniel Marchesseau - Diego Giacometti - Éditions Hermann, Paris, 1986. Identical model reproduced on page 30. - Léopold Diego Sanchez - Jean-Michel Frank - Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1997. An identical model, made for Harper's Bazaar, reproduced on page 253. - Christian Boutonnet and Rafaël Ortiz - Diego Giacometti - Éditions de l'Amateur and Galerie L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 2003. Identical models reproduced on pages 20 and 22-23. - Daniel Marchesseau - Diego Giacometti, sculpteur de meubles - Éditions du Regard, Paris, 2018. An identical model reproduced on page 214 on a 1982 photograph showing Diego Giacometti in his studio on rue Hippolyte-Maindron.