Fondation Giacometti -  Portrait of René Char
AGD 751

Portrait of René Char

Date 29 juin 1964

Medium Ballpoint pen on wove paper

Dimensions 22,24 x 15,11 in.

Collection Private collection

Inscription

Signed and dated with a ballpoint pen at the bottom right corner 29 juin 1964 "René Char 29 juin 1964 Alberto Giacometti"

Provenance

René CHAR
Private collection
Private collection
Sale Christie's London (United Kingdom), February 5th, 2008

Exhibition history

1971 Sculpture suisse contemporaine. Giacometti, Kemeny, Luginbühl, Müller, Vevey (Switzerland), Musée Jenisch Vevey, from July 11th to September 20th 1971
1986 Alberto Giacometti, Martigny (Switzerland), Fondation Pierre Gianadda, from May 16th to November 2nd 1986, no. 202

Bibliography

Guy DUMUR, in Le Nouvel Observateur, Paris, february 25th, 1965, p. 25
L'Abeille, Lucerne, november 18th, 1967
Jean CURCHOD, Sculpture Suisse contemporaine. Giacometti. Kemeny. Luginbühl. Müller, Vevey : Musée Jenisch Vevey, 1971, cat. no. 61, p. 28
André KUENZI, Alberto Giacometti, Martigny : Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1986, cat. no. 202, p. 281, ill. p. 281
Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper, London : Christie's, 2008, lot no. 587, p. 122-123, ill. p. 123

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