Alberto Giacometti

On Nov. 5, Conde Nast mogul Si Newhouse auctioned his spectacular Giacometti sculpture, L'Homme Qui Chavire, for $17.2 million, though he reportedly paid around $20 million for it. Still, the piece-which translates to "the falling man" or...

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...in her aerie-like space atop the Labor Temple Studios at 267 South Stone reminded me of haunting black and white photos taken in Alberto Giacometti's Paris studio during the 1960s. After a couple of glasses of chardonnay, I realized I'd fallen...

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...artists and works include: Jackson Pollock's Number 1, 1949 (1949); Willem de Kooning's Two Women with Still Life (1952); Alberto Giacometti's Tall Figure II and Tall Figure III (1960); Roy Lichtenstein's Man with Folded Arms (1962);...

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...November 15, 2009 On a recent sunny afternoon in the sculpture garden of the Museum of Modern Art, there among the artworks by Picasso, Giacometti and Calder, visitors thought they saw a real dog. But they weren't cranky critics - they did...

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...million, more than triple its high estimate. At a lively sale of modern and Impressionist art the week before at Sotheby's, an Alberto Giacometti sculpture sold for $19.3 million, well over its $12 million high estimate. At Christie's,...

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...Modern Art sale in New York exceeded the pre-sale high estimate -- and with a strong lots sold percentage of 85%. The sale was led by Alberto Giacometti's beautiful sculpture L'Homme Qui Chavire which brought $19.3 million, well above the...

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...packed with notoriety. Conde Nast's top dog, S. I. Newhouse Jr., sent some work under the gavel, as did Louis Reijtenbagh. Artwork by Giacometti, Picasso and Renoir was sold. Sixty-six lots were offered, with only 10 failing to sell. New...

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Conde Nast overseer Si Newhouse desperately put his Alberto Giacometti sculpture, "L'Homme Qui Chavire"-for which he'd paid $20 million- up for auction at Sotheby's yesterday. He was expected to lose $10 million on the sale. He got lucky.

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...an auction house in New York, marking an unexpected boom in the market. Top of the lots was a bronze sculpture by Italian artist Alberto Giacometti which fetched more than $19m (GBP11.4), soaring above a $12m (GBP7.2m) estimate. Artwork...

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...sale of Impressionist and modern art (Nov. 4), led by a late Picasso ("Buste d'Homme," a seated figure wearing a fetching yellow hat) and a Giacometti sculpture of an off-kilter figure, "L'Homme Qui Chavire. " For those seeking sterling...

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