Head on a Base [Head without a Skull]
Date circa 1958
Medium Bronze
Dimensions 17,04 x 3,22 x 4,13 in.
Edition number E.A. II/III
Foundry Susse Fondeur
Cast 1976
Collection Fondation Giacometti, Paris
Signature and cast number engraved on the back side of the base at the top "Alberto Giacometti / EA II/III"
Annette GIACOMETTI
Private collection
Private collection
2006 Alberto Giacometti, Kamakura (Japan), The Museum of Modern Art, from June 3rd to July 30th 2006, no. II-21
2006 Alberto Giacometti, Kobe (Japan), Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, from August 8th to October 1st 2006, no. II-21
2006 Alberto Giacometti, Sakura (Japan), Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, from October 10th to December 3rd 2006, no. II-21
2015 Alberto Giacometti au Fonds Hélène et Edouard Leclerc, Landerneau (France), Fonds Hélène & Edouard Leclerc, from June 14th to October 25th 2015
2018 Alberto Giacometti entre tradition et avant-garde, Paris (France), Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, from September 14th 2018 to February 3rd 2019
2020 Rodin - Giacometti, Madrid (Spain), Fundación Mapfre, from February 6th to August 23rd 2020
2021 Alberto Giacometti. Une rétrospective. Le réel merveilleux., MONACO (Monaco), Grimaldi Forum Monaco, from July 3rd to August 29th 2021
2025 Alberto Giacometti - Salvador Dali Through and beyond surrealism., Florida (United States Of America), Salvador Dalì Museum, from November 15th 2025 to April 19th 2026
Véronique WIESINGER, Toshio YAMANASHI (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti, Tokyo : The Tokyo Shimbun, 2006, cat. no. II-21, p. 48, pl. 48