Fondation Giacometti -  Dark head (Diego II)
AGD 812

Dark head (Diego II)

Date 1951

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions 31,88 x 25,59 in.

Collection Private collection

Inscription

Signed and dated with a paintbrush at the bottom left "Alberto Giacometti 1951"

Provenance

Galerie Maeght
Private collection
Sale Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. New York, NY (United States Of America), 1965, lot n ° 2 391
Private collection
Private collection
Private collection
Private collection
Private collection
Private collection
Sale Sotheby's London London (United Kingdom), June 26th, 2008, lot n ° 35

Exhibition history

1951 Alberto Giacometti, Paris (France), Galerie Maeght, from 8th to June 30th 1951, no. 8
1952 Malerei in Paris heute, Zurich (Switzerland), Kunsthaus Zürich, from October 18th to November 23rd 1952
1966 Giacometti, Basel (Switzerland), Kunsthalle Basel, from June 25th to August 28th 1966, no. 108
1978 Alberto Giacometti, Saint-Paul-de-Vence (France), Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, from July 8th to September 30th 1978, no. 140
1990 Alberto Giacometti, Basel (Switzerland), Galerie Beyeler, Bâle, no. 43
1990 Alberto Giacometti. Dibujo. Escultura. Pintura, Madrid (Spain), Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, from November 14th 1990 to January 15th 1991, no. 278
1991 Alberto Giacometti. Sculptures. Peintures. Dessins, Paris (France), Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, from November 30th 1991 to March 15th 1992, no. 211
1992 Homage to Francis Bacon, Basel (Switzerland), Galerie Beyeler, Bâle, no. 26
1994 Paris. 50er Jahre. Kunst und Kultur, Ingelheim Am Rhein (Germany), Altes Rathaus, from May 1st to June 19th 1994
1998 Menschenbilder : Figur in Zeiten der Abstraktion 1945-1955, from October 18th 1998 to January 31st 1999
1999 Alberto Giacometti. Ausgewählte Skulpturen, Gemälde und Arbeiten auf Papier. A s, Zurich (Switzerland), Galerie Art Focus, from June 11th to September 25th 1999
2010 Alberto Giacometti. Painted Portraits, New York, NY (United States Of America), Mitchell-Innes & Nash, from May 25th to June 25th 2010
2013 Alberto Giacometti. Espace, tête, figure, Grenoble (France), Musée de Grenoble, from March 9th to June 9th 2013

Bibliography

Derrière le Miroir, Alberto Giacometti, Paris : Editions Pierre à Feu [Maeght], Paris, no. 39-40, june 1951 - july 1951, cat. no. 8
Malerei In Paris-heute., , 1952, cat. no. 47
Jacques DUPIN, Alberto Giacometti, Paris : Maeght éditeur, Paris, 1962, p. 107, ill. p. 107
Franz MEYER, Herta WESCHER, Giacometti, Basel : Kunsthalle Basel, 1966, cat. no. 108
Alberto Giacometti, Saint Paul : Fondation Maeght, 1978, cat. no. 140
Alberto Giacometti. Sculptures. Huiles. Dessins, Basel : Galerie Beyeler, Bâle, 1990, cat. no. 43, ill. p. 103
Alberto Giacometti. Sculptures. Huiles. Dessins, cat. expo. juin-septembre 1990, Basel : Galerie Beyeler, Bâle, 1990, cat. no. 43, ill. p. 103
Kosme Maria de BARANANO, Alberto Giacometti. Dibujo. Escultura. Pintura, Barcelona : Lunwerg Editores S.A., 1990, cat. no. 278, p. 596, ill. p. 597
Suzanne PAGE (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti. Sculptures. Peintures. Dessins, Paris : Paris-Musées, 1991, cat. no. 211, p. 312, ill. p. 313
Homage to Francis Bacon, Basel : Galerie Beyeler, Bâle, 1992, cat. no. 26, ill. p. n.p.
Paris. Die 50er Jahre. Kunst und Kultur. Internationale Tage Ingelheim, Ingelheim : Boehringer Ingelheim / Internationale Tage, 1994 / : Hermann Schmidt Mainz, 1994
Menschenbilder : Figur in Zeiten der Abstraktion 1945-1955, Stuttgart : Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1998, ill. p. 163
Alberto Giacometti. Ausgewählte Skulpturen, Gemälde und Arbeiten auf Papier. A selection of Sculptures, Paintings and Works on Paper, Zurich : Galerie Art Focus, 1999, p. 44, ill. p. 45
Impressionist & Modern Art. Evening Sale, London : Sotheby's London, 2008, lot no. 35, p. 116-119, ill. p. 117
Per HUTTNER, Elias ARNER (under the direction of), (In) Visible Dialogue. 1992. 2011. 2029, London : Dent-De-Leone, 2011, p. 162, ill. p. 162
Véronique WIESINGER, Alberto Giacometti. Espace, tête, figure, Arles : Actes Sud, 2013 / Paris : Fondation Giacometti, 2013 / Grenoble : Musée de Grenoble, 2013, p. 116 & 175, ill. p. 117

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