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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI(1901-1966)Intérieur chez Tériade
19 October 2023, 17:00 BST
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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Intérieur chez Tériade
lithographic pencil on transfer paper
41.9 x 31.9cm (16 1/2 x 12 9/16in).
Executed circa 1961
lithographic pencil on transfer paper
41.9 x 31.9cm (16 1/2 x 12 9/16in).
Executed circa 1961
Footnotes
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Giacometti.
Provenance
Tériade Collection, Paris and Greece (probably acquired directly from the artist).
Private collection, Greece (a gift from the above).
Literature
Fondation Giacometti, Giacometti's Artworks, Alberto Giacometti Database (AGD), online catalogue, no. AGD 4547 (illustrated).
The following three drawings stand as a testament to the lifelong friendship between Alberto Giacometti and Tériade, the nomme de plume for Stratis Eleftheriades. A major figure in the history of Modern art, Tériade's reputation as a groundbreaking critic, aesthete and philosopher led him to sustain close friendships with the foremost artists and writers of the twentieth century. Tériade was a key supporter of Giacometti's work, publishing reviews and articles in his popular journal Verve as well as editing Giacometti's book Paris sans fin in 1969 after the latter's passing. Like Giacometti, Tériade was initially involved with the Surrealists in Paris but then sought to distance himself from the movement. Giacometti completed a series of painted and drawn portraits of Tériade between the 1920s and the 1960s, as well as numerous sketches of Tériade's home and studio. These interior scenes conjure a tender sense of intimacy and mutual support between the two friends.
Tériade was born in 1897 on the Isle of Lesbos. He initially moved to Paris to study law, but found his true passion for art criticism under the wing of Christian Zervos, the editor of the famous journal Cahiers d'art. The present Greek private collection enjoyed a close and enduring relationship with Tériade on the Isle of Lesbos. Tériade gifted to the family a series of beautiful drawings and prints by Giacometti as well as other artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque and Marc Chagall (see lot 1).