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Fondation Giacometti - Head on a Base [Head without a Skull]
Fondation Giacometti - Head on a Base [Head without a Skull]
Fondation Giacometti - Head on a Base [Head without a Skull]
Fondation Giacometti - Head on a Base [Head without a Skull]
AGD 332

Head on a Base [Head without a Skull]

Date circa 1958

Medium Bronze

Dimensions 17,04 x 3,18 x 4,17 in.

Edition number E.A. I/III

Foundry Susse Fondeur

Cast 1976

Collection Fondation Giacometti, Paris

Inscription

Signature and cast number engraved on the back side of the base at the top "Alberto Giacometti / EA I/III"

Provenance

Annette GIACOMETTI
Succession Annette Giacometti
Fondation Giacometti

Exhibition history

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. 223
2008 Alberto Giacometti, Rotterdam (Netherlands), Kunsthal, from October 18th 2008 to February 8th 2009, no. 94
2010 Alberto Giacometti. Der Ursprung des Raumes, Wolfsbourg (Germany), Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, from November 20th 2010 to March 6th 2011, no. 40
2011 Alberto Giacometti. Der Ursprung des Raumes, Salzbourg (Austria), Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg, from March 26th to July 3rd 2011
2011 Alberto Giacometti. Una retrospectiva. Colección de la Fundación Alberto y Annette Giacometti, Malaga (Spain), Museo Picasso, from October 17th 2011 to February 5th 2012
2012 Alberto Giacometti. Coleção da Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Paris, Sao Paulo (Brazil), Pinacoteca do estado, from March 24th to June 17th 2012
2012 Alberto Giacometti. Coleção da Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Paris, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Museu de Arte Moderna, from July 17th to September 16th 2012
2015 Giacometti. El Hombre que mira, Madrid (Spain), Fundacion Canal, from January 30th to May 3rd 2015
2016 Alberto Giacometti retrospective at Yuz Museum, Shanghai (China), The Shanghai Yuz Museum, from March 22nd to July 31st 2016
2018 Giacometti - Bacon, Riehen, Bâle (Switzerland), Fondation Beyeler, from April 29th to September 2nd 2018
2019 Alberto Giacometti / Peter Lindbergh. Saisir l'invisible, Paris (France), Institut Giacometti, from January 22nd to March 24th 2019
2019 Fiac 2019, Paris (France), Grand Palais, from 17th to October 20th 2019
2020 Duino Elegies, New York, NY (United States Of America), Gagosian Gallery, from March 5th to September 30th 2020
2021 Giacometti-Lindbergh Porto , Porto (Portugal), Museu da Misericórdia, from April 15th to September 24th 2021
2022 Alberto Giacometti Toward the ultimate figure. , Cleveland (United States Of America), Cleveland Museum of Art, from March 12th to June 12th 2022
2022 Alberto Giacometti Toward the ultimate figure. , Seattle, WA (United States Of America), Seattle Art Museum, from July 14th to October 9th 2022
2022 Alberto Giacometti Toward the ultimate figure., Houston, TX (United States Of America), The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, from November 13th 2022 to February 12th 2023
2023 Alberto Giacometti Toward the ultimate figure. (Kansas), Kansas City, MO (United States Of America), The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, from March 18th to June 18th 2023
2023 Alberto Giacometti - Le Nez, Paris (France), Institut Giacometti, from October 7th 2023 to January 14th 2024
2026 Alberto Giacometti - Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (China), Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, from July 16th to December 6th 2026

Bibliography

Véronique WIESINGER, Giacometti. La figure au défi, Paris : Découvertes Gallimard, 2007, ill. p. 106
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. 223, pl. 499, ill. p. 364
Véronique WIESINGER, Charlotte VAN LINGEN (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti, Harderwijk : D'jonge Hond, 2008, cat. no. 94, ill. p. 134
Markus BRUDERLIN, Toni STOOSS (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti. Der Ursprung des Raumes, Ostfildern : HATJE CANTZ VERLAG, 2010 / Wolfsbourg : Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2010 / Salzbourg : Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg, 2010, p. 251, ill. p. 167
Markus BRUDERLIN, Toni STOOSS (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti. The Origin of Space, Ostfildern : HATJE CANTZ VERLAG, 2010 / Wolfsburg : Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2010, p. 251, ill. p. 167
Véronique WIESINGER (under the direction of), Giacometti, Sao Paulo : Cosac & Naify Ediçoes, 2012, ill. p. 237
Véronique WIESINGER (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti. A Retrospective, Barcelona : Ediciones Poligrafa, 2012 / Malaga : Museo Picasso, 2012, ill. p. 31, 64
Véronique WIESINGER (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti. Una retrospectiva, Barcelona : Ediciones Poligrafa, 2012 / Malaga : Museo Picasso, 2012, ill. p. 31, 64

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