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"Diego Giacometti" 1986 MARCHESSEAU, Daniel [Ex-Libris: Bunny Mellon Collection] (SOLD)

'RM' Bookplate of Rachel 'Bunny' Mellon

Oak Spring Garden Library

Inscribed Feb. 27. 1986 to her daughter 'Eliza' (1942-2008)

'There are many ?... inside' 'For Eliza.- with- Much love 'Mums'

Text in French

MARCHESSEAU, Daniel 

[216] pp.

Hermann

1986

11 1/2" x 10"

VG/ VG

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"This volume presents Diego Giacometti's oeuvre almost in its entirety and offers many heretofore unpublished insights into his life and work. From his childhood in a small village in Switzerland, through his adolescent wanderings, his collaborative efforts with his brother in Paris, and his coming-of-age as a furniture-maker and sculptor, all the way up to the pinnacle of his career - his last and greatest commission, the furniture and lighting fixtures for the Musée Picasso in Paris - Diego's intellectual and technical developments are probed in this book. Daniel Marchesseau examines the work that made Diego famous: his bronze-cast tables, chairs, and accessories, and the tiny bestiary that decorated them; his bronze and plaster sculpture; and the work he completed with his brother Alberto."-