Artdaily_ On 18 October at Christie’s, Avant-Garde(s) Including Thinking Italian – the biggest auction of its category – takes center stage again in Paris. The highlight of the auctions held on the occasion of Art Basel Paris, Avant-Garde (s) Including Thinking Italian, will feature a major work: Alberto Giacometti’s Buste sur la selle de l’atelier.

Painted in 1964, this painting was produced by Alberto Giacometti when he was at the peak of his artistic powers – in the final years of his life, when he placed painting on an equal footing with sculpture. Successively owned by Pierre Matisse and Ernst Beyeler, the work has a provenance that ranks among the most significant in the history of 20th-century art. Buste sur la selle de l’atelier is being offered for sale with an estimate of 2 to 3 million euros.