Fondation Giacometti -  [Bust on a Base]
Fondation Giacometti -  [Bust on a Base]
Fondation Giacometti -  [Bust on a Base]
AGD 3796

[Bust on a Base]

Date circa 1957

Medium Bronze

Dimensions 15,55 x 6,14 x 3,81 in.

Edition number 2/6

Foundry Pastori Fondeur

Cast circa 1960 - 1962

Collection Private collection

Inscription

Cast number engraved on the base to its proper left "2/6"

Provenance

Alberto GIACOMETTI
Private collection

Exhibition history

1966 Giacometti, Basel (Switzerland), Kunsthalle Basel, from June 25th to August 28th 1966, no. 50
1970 Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Rome (Italy), Villa Medici, from October 24th to December 18th 1970, no. 24
1971 Sculpture suisse contemporaine. Giacometti, Kemeny, Luginbühl, Müller, Vevey (Switzerland), Musée Jenisch Vevey, from July 11th to September 20th 1971, no. 12
1973 La Svizzera Italiana onora Alberto Giacometti, Lugano (Italy), Museo civico di Belle Arti, from April 7th to June 17th 1973, no. 15
1986 Alberto Giacometti, Martigny (Switzerland), Fondation Pierre Gianadda, from May 16th to November 2nd 1986, no. 127
1996 Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966, Vienne (Austria), Kunsthalle, from February 24th to May 5th 1996, no. 196
1996 Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966, Edimbourg (United Kingdom), Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, from June 1st to September 22nd 1996, no. 160
1996 Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966, London (United Kingdom), Royal Academy of Arts, from October 9th 1996 to January 1st 1997, no. 160
1997 Alberto Giacometti, Munich (Germany), Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, from April 17th to June 29th 1997, no. 84
1998 Werke aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Davos (Switzerland), Kirchner Museum Davos, from September 20th to May 23rd 1998, no. 117
2003 Hommage an 'E.W.K.', Meisterwerke von Giovanni, Alberto und Diego Giacometti aus, Berne (Switzerland), Kunstmuseum Bern, from September 5th to December 14th 2003, no. 38
2003 Hommage an 'E.W.K.', Meisterwerke von Giovanni, Alberto und Diego Giacometti aus, Berne (Switzerland), Kunstmuseum Bern, from September 5th to December 14th 2003, no. 38
2008 Wege der Moderne. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Vienne (Austria), Albertina, from November 7th 2008 to February 8th 2009, no. 155
2008 Wege der Moderne. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Vienne (Austria), Albertina, from November 7th 2008 to February 8th 2009, no. 155
2010 Alberto Giacometti. Der Ursprung des Raumes, Wolfsbourg (Germany), Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, from November 20th 2010 to March 6th 2011, no. 34
2011 Alberto Giacometti. Der Ursprung des Raumes, Salzbourg (Austria), Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg, from March 26th to July 3rd 2011
2013 Giacometti. Die Spielfelder. Die Skulptur als Platz - von den surrealistischen Modellen bis zur Mahattan Plaza, Hambourg (Germany), Hamburger Kunsthalle, from January 25th to May 19th 2013, no. 106

Bibliography

Franz MEYER, Herta WESCHER, Giacometti, Basel : Kunsthalle Basel, 1966, cat. no. 50
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Rome : De Luca Editore, 1970, cat. no. 24
Jean CURCHOD, Sculpture Suisse contemporaine. Giacometti. Kemeny. Luginbühl. Müller, Vevey : Musée Jenisch Vevey, 1971, cat. no. 12
La Svizzera Italiana onora Alberto Giacometti, Lugano : Museo civico di Belle Arte, 1973, cat. no. 15
André KUENZI, Alberto Giacometti, Martigny : Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1986, cat. no. 127
Christoph DOSWALD, Patrick ELLIOTT, Toni STOOSS (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966, Stuttgart : Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1996, cat. no. 196
Alberto Giacometti, Munich : Hirmer Verlag, 1997 / Munich : Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 1997, cat. no. 84
Werke aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld Bern-Davos, Davos : Verwaltung Slg. E.W.K. und Kirchner Museum Davos, 1998, cat. no. 117
Marc FEHLMANN, Matthias FREHNER, Hommage an 'E.W.K.', Meisterwerke von Giovanni, Alberto und Diego Giacometti aus der Sammlung von Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Berne : Kunstmuseum Bern, 2003, cat. no. 38, p. 112, 113, ill. p. 113
Marc FEHLMANN, Matthias FREHNER, Hommage an 'E.W.K.', Meisterwerke von Giovanni, Alberto und Diego Giacometti aus der Sammlung von Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Berne : Kunstmuseum Bern, 2003, cat. no. 38
Christine EKELHART, Klaus Albrecht SCHRODER, Wege der Moderne. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Vienne : Albertina, 2008, cat. no. 155, p. 243, 286, ill. p. 243
Christine EKELHART, Klaus Albrecht SCHRODER, Wege der Moderne. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Vienne : Albertina, 2008, cat. no. 155
Markus BRUDERLIN, Toni STOOSS (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti. Der Ursprung des Raumes, Ostfildern : HATJE CANTZ VERLAG, 2010 / Wolfsbourg : Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2010 / Salzbourg : Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg, 2010, p. 193 & 251, pl. 11, ill. p. 169 & 193
Markus BRUDERLIN, Toni STOOSS (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti. The Origin of Space, Ostfildern : HATJE CANTZ VERLAG, 2010 / Wolfsburg : Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2010, p. 193 & 251, pl. 11, ill. p. 169 & 193
Giacometti. Die Spielfelder, Hambourg : Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2013, cat. no. 106

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