Fondation Giacometti -  [Head of the Father, Round III]
Fondation Giacometti -  [Head of the Father, Round III]
Fondation Giacometti -  [Head of the Father, Round III]
Fondation Giacometti -  [Head of the Father, Round III]
AGD 300

[Head of the Father, Round III]

Date circa 1927 - 1930

Medium Bronze

Dimensions 11,02 x 7,48 x 8,97 in.

Edition number Fondation A A Giacometti

Foundry Bronzart Mendrisio

Cast 1962 - 1963

Collection Fondation Giacometti, Paris

Inscription

Signature and date engraved to its proper right "Alberto Giacometti / 1929-30"
Cast number engraved inside the sculpture "Fondation AA Giacometti"

Provenance

Annette GIACOMETTI
Succession Annette Giacometti
Fondation Giacometti

Exhibition history

1965 Alberto Giacometti. Sculpture Paintings Drawings 1913 1965, London (United Kingdom), Tate Gallery, from July 17th to August 30th 1965, no. 6
2007 L'atelier d'Alberto Giacometti, Paris (France), Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, from October 15th 2007 to February 11th 2008, no. 68
2014 Giacometti, Milan (Italy), Galleria d'arte moderna, from October 8th 2014 to February 1st 2015
2016 Alberto Giacometti retrospective at Yuz Museum, Shanghai (China), The Shanghai Yuz Museum, from March 22nd to July 31st 2016
2017 Alberto Giacometti - Tate Modern London, London (United Kingdom), Tate Gallery, from May 10th to September 10th 2017
2017 Alberto Giacometti after the models., Séoul (South Korea), Seoul Arts Center, from December 21st 2017 to April 15th 2018
2018 Transmission/Transgression.. Maîtres et élèves dans l'atelier de Bourdelle, Paris (France), Musée Bourdelle, from October 3rd 2018 to February 3rd 2019
2019 Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler Flora, Paris, Institut Giacometti, from April 5th to June 9th 2019

Bibliography

David SYLVESTER, Alberto Giacometti. Sculpture. Paintings. Drawings 1913 1965, London : Arts Council of Great Britain, 1965, cat. no. 2, pl. 2
Véronique WIESINGER (under the direction of), L'atelier d'Alberto Giacometti, Paris : Fondation Giacometti, 2007 / Paris : Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, 2007, cat. no. 68, ill. p. 401
Véronique WIESINGER, Charlotte VAN LINGEN (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti, Harderwijk : D'jonge Hond, 2008, pl. 4, ill. p. 30
Véronique WIESINGER (under the direction of), Giacometti, Sao Paulo : Cosac & Naify Ediçoes, 2012, ill. p. 39

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