Fondation Giacometti -  Head [Dark Head]
Fondation Giacometti -  Head [Dark Head]
AGD 2749

Head [Dark Head]

Date 1957

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions 13,30 x 9,64 x 0,82 in.

Collection Musée Cantini, Marseille, France

Inscription

Signed with a paintbrush at the bottom right corner "Alberto Giacometti"

Provenance

Private collection
Sale Ader, Picard, Tajan Paris (France), June 22nd, 1988, lot n ° 132
Sale Sotheby's London London (United Kingdom), November 29th, 1988, lot n ° 92
Sale Guy Loudmer Paris (France), June 17th, 1989, lot n ° 36
Sale MARTIN DU NORD Denis, October 7th, 1989, lot n ° 78
Private collection
Musée Cantini

Exhibition history

1957 Alberto Giacometti, Paris (France), Galerie Maeght, from May 31st to June 25th 1957
1969 Alberto Giacometti, Paris (France), Orangerie des Tuileries, from October 15th 1969 to January 12th 1970, no. 171
1999 Alberto Giacometti. La collection du Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'a, Saint-Etienne (France), Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, from March 17th to June 27th 1999, no. 197
2013 Alberto Giacometti. Espace, tête, figure, Grenoble (France), Musée de Grenoble, from March 9th to June 9th 2013

Bibliography

"Musée Cantini", in Dossier de l'Art, Dijon : Editions Faton, no. 209, july 2013 - august 2013, p. 56, ill. p. 56
Jacques DUPIN, Alberto Giacometti, Paris : Maeght éditeur, Paris, 1962, ill. p. 147
Jean LEYMARIE (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti, Paris : Ministère d'Etat des Affaires culturelles. RMN, 1969, cat. no. 171, p. 157
Yves BONNEFOY, Alberto Giacometti. Biographie d'une oeuvre, Paris : Flammarion, 1991, cat. no. 409, ill. p. 427
Alberto Giacometti. La collection du Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris : Centre Georges Pompidou & Editions du Seuil, 1999 / Saint-Etienne : Ville de Saint-Etienne, 1999, cat. no. 197, p. 197, ill. p. 197
Yves BONNEFOY, Alberto Giacometti. Biographie d'une oeuvre, Paris : Flammarion, 2012, cat. no. 409, ill. p. 427
Olivier COUSINOU, Musée Cantini. Musée d'art contemporain. Guide des collections, Paris : Editions Artlys, 2013, cat. no. s.d., p. 108, ill. p. 109
Véronique WIESINGER, Alberto Giacometti. Espace, tête, figure, Arles : Actes Sud, 2013 / Paris : Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, 2013 / Grenoble : Musée de Grenoble, 2013, p. 120 & 176, ill. p. 121

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