[The Cage, First Version]
Date 1949 - 1950
Medium Bronze
Dimensions 35,62 x 14,72 x 13,38 in.
Edition number 1/8
Foundry Susse Fondeur
Cast 1990
Collection Private collection
Signature and cast number at the bottom to its proper left "Alberto Giacometti I/8"
Annette GIACOMETTI
Private collection
Private collection
Private collection
2001 Alberto Giacometti in Postwar Paris, Norwich (United Kingdom), Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (University of East Anglia), from October 2nd to December 9th 2001, no. 27
2002 Alberto Giacometti in Postwar Paris, Lausanne (Switzerland), Fondation de l'Hermitage, from February 1st to May 12th 2002, no. 27
2006 Alberto Giacometti - Bror Hjorth, Stockholm (Sweden), Liljevalchs Konsthall, from September 23rd 2006 to January 7th 2007, no. 13
2008 Alberto Giacometti, Rotterdam (Netherlands), Kunsthal, from October 18th 2008 to February 8th 2009, no. 74
2009 Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY (United States Of America), Gagosian Gallery, from October 1st 2009 to April 1st 2010
2010 Gagosian Gallery Alberto Giacometti, New York, NY (United States Of America), Gagosian Gallery, from April 1st to July 1st 2010
Michael PEPPIATT, Alberto Giacometti in Postwar Paris, New Haven, Londres : Yale University Press, 2001, cat. no. 27, p. 68, 152, ill. p. 68
Véronique WIESINGER, Bo NILSSON, Alberto Giacometti. Partial reprint with corrections, Stockholm : Liljevalchs Konsthall, 2006, cat. no. 13, p. 90, ill. p. 51
Véronique WIESINGER, Bo NILSSON, Alberto Giacometti. Bror Hjorth, Stockholm : Liljevalchs Konsthall, 2006, p. 88, ill. p. 50
Véronique WIESINGER, Charlotte VAN LINGEN (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti, Harderwijk : D'jonge Hond, 2008, cat. no. 74, ill. p. 120
David EKSERDJIAN, Bronze, London : Royal Academy of Arts, 2012, cat. no. 147, p. 242 & 278, ill. p. 242