Fondation Giacometti

In Geneva in 1943 Alberto Giacometti met Annette Arm (1923-1993), who accompanied him back to Paris after the war and married him in 1949. From that time on, she became one of his most frequently used models, posing for countless drawings as well as several paintings and sculptures. Drawing, because of the lightness of its support, enabled Giacometti to work anywhere, and especially to capture his partner in her everyday tasks. In this drawing, Annette, in the sitting room of the family house in Stampa – where the couple regularly returned – is absorbed in her sewing task. The artist represents her as a bust, her head bowed over the work, in the sitting room. It seems this drawing has never been exhibited or reproduced in the artist’s lifetime

Signed pencil at the bottom right corner 1951 "Alberto Giacometti 1951"

Sale Sotheby's New York New York, NY (United States Of America), May 8th, 2008, lot n ° 139
Peter Findlay Gallery

2012 Alberto Giacometti. Dessins. En hommage à Claude Pompidou, Paris (France), Galerie Claude Bernard, from December 13th 2012 to February 2nd 2013

Impressionist and Modern Art. Day Sale Morning, New York, NY : Sotheby's New York, 2008, lot no. 139, p. 66-67, pl. 67
Louis Gabriel CLAYEUX, Alberto Giacometti. Dessins, Paris : Galerie Claude Bernard, 2012, cat. no. 38