Giacometti
Americannoun
noun
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The most expensive piece we sold in home and art was a Giacometti sculpture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
After meeting with Bonhams auctioneers, the Alberto Giacometti committee said they were genuine and offered to clean the buttons to prepare them for auction.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
He was 6-foot-2 and so lean that the New York Times said he resembled “a Giacometti statue in pinstripes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
His collection ranges from a 1947 sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, purchased at auction for $78.4 million in 2021, to a nearly $600,000 NFT of a pet rock.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
It was a standing joke against him in Dr. Burton's family that when at the club he was never at home to anybody except a certain Mrs. Giacometti Prodgers.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright
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