Alberto GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)

Oiseau aux ailes déployées, 1935-1939

Gilt-bronze brooch of a bird with outstretched wings.

Designed by Alberto Giacometti for the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli in Paris. The actual brooch was cast up by a young François Hugo, who was then working as a button maker.

Marks: Unsigned, but registered with the Alberto & Annette Giacometti Foundation under no. 3659

Dimensions: H. 5.75 cm; W. 4.6 cm

Provenance: Edmond Bomsel, Paris; Galerie Jacques de Vos, Paris

Exhibited: International Exhibition of Modern Jewellery 1890-1961, Goldsmiths' Hall, London, 26 October - 2 December 1961

Literature: Graham Hughes, International Exhibition of Modern Jewellery 1890-1961 (The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London 1961), no. 334; Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Jewelry by Contemporary Painters and Sculptors @50: 1967-2017 (Didier Ltd, London 2017), pp. 64-5, no. 62