Diego Giacometti, “Torsade” coffee table

Diego Giacometti (1902-1985)

"Torsade" coffee table
model created circa 1965, ours circa 1970

'Torsade’ model sculpted coffee table with a bronze base featuring an antique green patina and twisted decoration, and a non-original glass top.
Signed ‘Diego’ in cursive letters on each upper joint of the legs and the X-shaped crossbar.

Height 40 cm (15 3/4 in) - Width 115,2 cm (45 3/8 in) - Depth 69,4 cm (27 3/8 in)

Provenance :
- Commissioned by a major European industrial group in the early 1970s during renovation work on the reception rooms at its headquarters, it has been kept in its collection ever since.
- Acquired from the latter by the Chastel-Maréchal gallery.

Literature :
- « Diego Giacometti », Daniel Marchesseau, éd. Hermann, Paris, 1986, similar model reproduced p. 65.
- « Diego Giacometti », Christian Boutonnet & Rafael Ortiz, préface de Jales Lord 6, catalogue d’exposition, Galerie L’Arc en seine, Paris, 2003, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 2003, similar model reproduced pp. 66-67.
- « Diego Giacometti », Michel Butor, Adrien Maeght Editeur, Paris, 1985, photograph of a period interior showing a similar model reproduced p. 95.
- « Les Giacometti, une famille de créateurs », Catalogue de l’exposition, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 3 juillet-14 novembre 2021, similar model reproduced pp. 238-239.