Fondation Giacometti -  [The Cage, First Version]
Fondation Giacometti -  [The Cage, First Version]
Fondation Giacometti -  [The Cage, First Version]
Fondation Giacometti -  [The Cage, First Version]
AGD 1908

[The Cage, First Version]

Date 1949 - 1950

Medium Bronze

Dimensions 35,62 x 14,37 x 13,38 in.

Edition number 7/8

Foundry Susse Fondeur

Cast 1991

Collection Private collection

Inscription

Signature and cast number engraved à sa gauche en bas à l'arrière "Alberto Giacometti 7/8"

Provenance

Private collection
Private collection
Private collection

Exhibition history

2006 Alberto Giacometti, Kamakura (Japan), The Museum of Modern Art, from June 3rd to July 30th 2006, no. IV-4
2006 Alberto Giacometti, Kobe (Japan), Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, from August 8th to October 1st 2006, no. IV-4
2006 Alberto Giacometti, Sakura (Japan), Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, from October 10th to December 3rd 2006, no. IV-4
2010 Foire Abu Dhabi Gagosian, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Emirates Palace, from 3rd to November 8th 2010
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
2012 Alberto Giacometti. Colección de la Fundación Alberto y Annette Giacometti,París, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Fundación PROA, from October 13th 2012 to January 9th 2013
2013 Verführung Freiheit. Kunst in Europa seit 1945, Milan (Italy), Palazzo Reale, from March 15th to June 2nd 2013
2013 Verführung Freiheit. Kunst in Europa seit 1945, Tallinn (Estonia), Kumu kunstimuuseum, from June 29th to November 3rd 2013
2014 Giacometti Without End (Paris sans fin) , Hong Kong (China), Gagosian Gallery, from March 13th to May 3rd 2014
2015 Alberto Giacometti au Fonds Hélène et Edouard Leclerc, Landerneau (France), Fonds Hélène & Edouard Leclerc, from June 14th to October 25th 2015
2016 Alberto Giacometti. Rétrospective, Rabat (Morocco), Musée Mohammed VI, from April 20th to September 4th 2016
2018 L’atelier d’Alberto Giacometti vu par Jean Genet, Paris, Institut Giacometti, from June 21st to September 16th 2018
2019 Alberto Giacometti Une aventure moderne, Villeneuve d'Ascq (France), LaM, Lille Métropole Musée d'art moderne d'art contemporain et d'art brut, from March 11th to June 11th 2019
2021 Alberto Giacometti. Une rétrospective. Le réel merveilleux., MONACO (Monaco), Grimaldi Forum Monaco, from July 3rd to August 29th 2021

Bibliography

"Fundacion Proa. Giacometti", in The New York Times, New York, NY : The New York Times Company, november 1st, 2012, cat. no. s.d.
Véronique WIESINGER, Toshio YAMANASHI (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti, Tokyo : The Tokyo Shimbun, 2006, cat. no. IV-4, p. 106, ill. p. 106
SARTRE, Alberto Giacometti, Sao Paulo : Editora WMF Martins Fontes Ltda, 2012, ill. p. 42
Véronique WIESINGER (under the direction of), Giacometti, Sao Paulo : Cosac & Naify Ediçoes, 2012, ill. p. 110, 111
Véronique WIESINGER (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti. A Retrospective, Barcelona : Ediciones Poligrafa, 2012 / Malaga : Museo Picasso, 2012, ill. p. 259
Véronique WIESINGER (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti. Una retrospectiva, Barcelona : Ediciones Poligrafa, 2012 / Malaga : Museo Picasso, 2012, ill. p. 259
Timothy MATHEWS, Alberto Giacometti, London : I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, 2014, pl. 1, ill. p. 18

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