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 1813

[The Cage, First Version]

Date 1949 - 1950

Medium Bronze

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

Edition number Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti

Foundry Susse Fondeur

Cast 1991

Collection Fondation Giacometti, Paris

Inscription

Cast number engraved on the side of the base to its proper left "Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti"

Provenance

Annette GIACOMETTI
Succession Annette Giacometti
Fondation Giacometti

Exhibition history

2007 RAUM: Orte der Kunst, Berlin (Germany), Akademie der Künst, from February 18th to April 22nd 2007
2012 Verführung Freiheit. Kunst in Europa seit 1945, Berlin (Germany), Deutsches Historisches Museum, from October 17th 2012 to February 10th 2013
2013 Alberto Giacometti. Espace, tête, figure, Grenoble (France), Musée de Grenoble, from March 9th to June 9th 2013
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
2016 Postwar - Art between the Pacific and Atlantic 1945-1965, Munich (Germany), Haus der Kunst, München, from October 14th 2016 to March 26th 2017
2017 Derain, Balthus, Giacometti, Paris (France), Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, from June 1st to October 29th 2017
2018 Derain, Balthus, Giacometti, Madrid (Spain), Fundación Mapfre, from January 30th to May 6th 2018
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
2024 Figure as Monument - Alberto Giacometti in Langtou, Guangzhou (China), Chun Yang Tai Arts and Cultural Centre, from September 27th 2024 to February 7th 2025
2025 Alberto Giacometti at the Measure of the World., Brême (Germany), Kunsthalle, from October 11th 2025 to February 15th 2026

Bibliography

Guy TOSATTO, Véronique WIESINGER, "La cage ouverte", in Beaux Quartiers, Grenoble : Société Grenobloise de Médias, no. H.S., spring 2013, p. 25, ill. p. 25
Matthias FLUGGE, Robert KUDIELKA, Raum. Orte der Kunst, Berlin : Akademie der Künste, 2007 / Nurnberg : Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2007, p. 374, ill. p. 240
Monika FLACKE, Verführung Freiheit, Berlin : Deutsches Historisches Museum, 2012 / Dresden : Sandstein Verlag, 2012, p. 316, pl. 177/178, ill. p. 316
Monika FLACKE, The Desire for Freedom, Berlin : Deutsches Historisches Museum, 2012 / Dresden : Sandstein Verlag, 2012, p. 316, pl. 177/178, ill. p. 316
Monika FLACKE, The Desire for Freedom, Pero (MI) : 24 ORE Cultura, 2013 / Berlin : Deutsches Historisches Museum, 2012, p. 324, pl. 177/178, ill. p. 324
Véronique WIESINGER, Alberto Giacometti. Espace, tête, figure, Arles : Actes Sud, 2013 / Paris : Fondation Giacometti, 2013 / Grenoble : Musée de Grenoble, 2013, p. 36 & 173, ill. p. 37

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