Fondation Giacometti -  Man (Apollo)
Fondation Giacometti -  Man (Apollo)
Fondation Giacometti -  Man (Apollo)
AGD 3764

Man (Apollo)

Date 1929

Medium Bronze

Dimensions 15,55 x 12,20 x 3,34 in.

Edition number 6/6

Foundry Modern Art Foundry

Cast 1954

Collection Private collection

Inscription

Cast number print on the back, on the bottom to the right "6/6"
Signature engraved on the back, on the bottom to the right "Alberto Giacometti"
Dated engraved on the back, on the bottom to the right "1929"

Provenance

Alberto GIACOMETTI
Pierre Matisse Gallery
Private collection
Private collection
Private collection
Sale Christie's New York New York, NY (United States Of America), May 11th, 1989, lot n ° 339
Sale Christie's Inc. London (United Kingdom), November 29th, 1989, lot n ° 537
Private collection
Antoni TAPIES
Private collection
Sale Christie's London London (United Kingdom), October 3rd, 2017, lot n ° 46

Exhibition history

1962 Alberto Giacometti, Zurich (Switzerland), Kunsthaus Zürich, from December 2nd 1962 to January 6th 1963, no. 9
1963 Idole und Dämonen. Museum des 20. Jahrhundert, Vienne (Austria), Schweizergarten, no. 37
1964 Documenta III, Cassel (Germany), Documenta, from June 27th to October 5th 1964, no. 10
1972 Sculpture - 20s and 30s, Santa Barbara, CA (United States Of America), University of California, from February 22nd to March 26th 1972, no. 24
1979 Modern European Sculpture 1918-1945. Unkown Beings and Other Realities, Buffalo, NY (United States Of America), Albright-Knox Art Gallery, no. 23
1979 Modern European Sculpture 1918-1945. Unkown Beings and Other Realities, Minneapolis, MN (United States Of America), Minneapolis Institute of Arts, no. 23
1979 Modern European Sculpture 1918-1945. Unkown Beings and Other Realities, San Francisco, CA (United States Of America), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, no. 23
2011 Edge of Becoming, Venice (Italy), Palazzo Fortuny, from June 4th to November 27th 2011

Bibliography

Alberto Giacometti, Zurich : Kunsthaus, 1962, cat. no. 9, ill. p. 2
Documenta III. Vol.1. Malerei, Skulptur, Cassel : Documenta, 1964, cat. no. 10, ill. p. 40
Sculpture. 20s and 30s, Santa Barbara, CA : University of California, 1972, cat. no. 24
Modern European Sculpture 1918-1945, Unkown Beings and Other Realities, New York, NY : George Braziller Inc, 1979, cat. no. 23, ill. p. 41
Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture (Part II), New York, NY : Christie's New York, 1989, lot no. 339
Dada & Surrealism, London : Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1989, lot no. 537
Axel VERVOORDT, Tra. Edge of Becoming, Wijnegem : Vervoordt Foundation, 2011, p. 72, ill. p. s.p. & 72

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