LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Painted bronze on wooden base

Measurements:

56.97 in. (144.70 cm.) (height)

Edition:

2 of 6

Markings:

Inscribed with the signature A. Giacometti, with foundry mark Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris and numbered 2/6

Exhibited:

Paris, Musée d’Art moderne, Alberto Giacometti,1969-70 Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Highlights, 1972, no. 8, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Literature:

Lionel Abel, Lettre à Pierre Matisse, Alberto Giacometti, New York, 1950, pp. 3, 12 Christian Zervos, Cahiers d'Art, 26e, Paris, 1951, illustration of another cast p. 79 Jacques Dupin, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1962, p. 57 Franz Meyer, Alberto Giacometti: Eine Kunst existenstieller Wirklichkeit,. Frauenfeld/Stuttgart, 1968 p. 104, 173 Carlo Huber, Alberto Giacometti, Zürich, 1970, p. 68 Carlo Huber, Alberto Giacometti, Zürich, 1971, p. 142 Reinhold Hohl, Alberto Giacometti: Sculpture, Painting, Drawing, Stuttgart, 1972, p. 133 Michael Francis Brenson, The Early Work of Alberto Giacometti: (1925- 1935)Ph D. Diss. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1974, p. 167 Bernard Lamarche-Vadel Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1984, p. 132 James Lord, Alberto Giacometti, A Biography, New York, 1985, discussed p. 305 Valerie J. Fletcher, Alberto Giacometti, 1901-1966, Washington, D.C., 1998, discussed p. 148; illustration of another cast p. 149 Yves Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1991, no. 125, pp. 98, 362 Laurie Wilson, Alberto Giacometti: Myth, Magic and the Man, New Haven, 2003, discussed pp. 259-261, illustration of the plaster cast p. 260 Angel Gonzalez, Alberto Giacometti, works, writings, interviews, Barcelona, 2006, illustration of another cast p. 94 Timothy Matthews, Alberto Giacometti, The Art of Relation, London, 2014, illustration of another cast in color on the cover

Provenance:

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquired from the artist) Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zadok, New York (acquired from the above in 1952) Galerie Beyeler, Basel Acquired from the above in 1973