Alberto giacometti

From Yuz Museum, Alberto Giacometti, Walking Man I (1960), Bronze, 180.5 × 23.9 × 97 cm

Tête d'homme

Giacometti once quipped that only Francis Bacon had a messier studio than he did, perhaps indicative of a certain pride that he may have taken in his own permissive disorderliness. Yet, there are obvious elements of staging in these compositions that remind us of the artist's overall control of his environment. We can see this in the present work, where a few strategically placed ripe-red apples appear almost enshrined on a stool at the centre of the composition. The tension between order…

Alberto Giacometti. Untitled. 1952. Ink on paper. sight sheet 19 3/4 x 12 7/8" (50.2 x 33.1 cm). Gift of Alexander Liberman. 351.1991.a-b. © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Drawings and Prints

Giacometti, Alberto (1901-1966) - Sculptor, painter, draughtsman and printmaker, son of Giovanni Giacometti. 1. Early studies and works, to 1927 He began drawing around 1910-12, followed by painting and sculpting in 1913-15.

Alberto Giacometti (1901 – 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He was born in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia, as the eldest of four children to Giovanni Giacometti, a well-known post-Impressionist painter. Coming from an artistic background, he was interested in art from an early age.

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Alberto Giacometti. Tall Figure, III. 1960. Bronze. 7' 9" x 11 5/8" x 20 5/8" (236.2 x 29.5 x 52.4 cm). Gift of Nina and Gordon Bunshaft in honor of the artist. 1083.1969. © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Painting and Sculpture

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