Fondation Giacometti -  [Head of Diego on a Base]
Fondation Giacometti -  [Head of Diego on a Base]
Fondation Giacometti -  [Head of Diego on a Base]
AGD 3888

[Head of Diego on a Base]

Date circa 1955

Medium Bronze

Dimensions 14,56 x 3,30 x 3,70 in.

Edition number " E1 "

Foundry Pastori Fondeur

Cast 1967

Collection Private collection

Inscription

Signature engraved on the base to its proper left at the top "Alber"
Signature engraved on the base to its proper left at the bottom "Alberto Giacometti"
Cast number engraved on the back side of the base at the top "" E 1 ""

Provenance

Private collection

Exhibition history

1966 Giacometti, Basel (Switzerland), Kunsthalle Basel, from June 25th to August 28th 1966, no. 48
1990 Alberto Giacometti. Dibujo. Escultura. Pintura, Madrid (Spain), Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, from November 14th 1990 to January 15th 1991, no. 209
1998 Werke aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Davos (Switzerland), Kirchner Museum Davos, from September 20th to May 23rd 1998, no. 116
2000 Alberto Giacometti, Stampa-Paris, Coire (Switzerland), Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, from June 24th to September 17th 2000, no. 7
2003 Espiritu de modernidad . De Goya a Giacometti, Obra sobre papel de la coleccion Kornfeld, Madrid (Spain), Fundacion Juan March, from February 7th to June 8th 2003, no. 80
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. 34
2008 Seeing. Feeling. Being : Alberto Giacometti, Singapore (Singapore), Singapore Art Museum, from May 1st to June 15th 2008
2008 Wege der Moderne. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Vienne (Austria), Albertina, from November 7th 2008 to February 8th 2009, no. 147

Bibliography

Franz MEYER, Herta WESCHER, Giacometti, Basel : Kunsthalle Basel, 1966, cat. no. 48
Kosme Maria de BARANANO, Alberto Giacometti. Dibujo. Escultura. Pintura, Barcelona : Lunwerg Editores S.A., 1990, cat. no. 209
Werke aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld Bern-Davos, Davos : Verwaltung Slg. E.W.K. und Kirchner Museum Davos, 1998, cat. no. 116, pl. 116
Donat RUTIMANN, Beat STUTZER, Alberto Giacometti, Stampa-Paris, Coire : Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, 2000 / Zurich : Scheidegger & Spiess, 2000, cat. no. 7
Espíritu de modernidad: de Goya a Giacometti, Obra sobre papel de la colección Kornfeld, Madrid : Fundacion Juan March, 2003, cat. no. 80
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. 34
Seeing. Feeling. Being : Alberto Giacometti, Singapore : Singapore Art Museum, 2008, ill. p. 108
Christine EKELHART, Klaus Albrecht SCHRODER, Wege der Moderne. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Vienne : Albertina, 2008, cat. no. 147, p. 230, 285, ill. p. 230

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