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Woman of Venice IX (Femme de Venise IX)
Woman of Venice IX (Femme de Venise IX)

Woman of Venice IX (Femme de Venise IX)

Artist Alberto Giacometti Swiss, 1901–1966
Date1956, cast 1958
MediumBronze with black patina
Dimensions44 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. (113 x 17.1 x 36.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Sara Lee Corporation
Object number99.5
On View
On view
ProvenanceGalerie Maeght, Paris, 1958; Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, 1958; World House Galleries, New York, 1959; sold to Nathan Cummings, Chicago, ca. 1961; to wife, Joanne Toor Cummings, 1985; to Cummings Estate, 1995; Sale, New York, Christie's April 30, 1996, lot 20; The Sara Lee Corporation, Chicago, IL; given to NCMA, 1999.
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