Fondation Giacometti -  [Head of a Man]
Fondation Giacometti -  [Head of a Man]
AGD 2046

[Head of a Man]

Date 1948 - 1950

Medium Bronze

Dimensions 4,72 x 1,65 x 3,18 in.

Edition number 6/8

Foundry Susse Fondeur

Cast 1986

Collection Private collection

Inscription

Signature and cast number on the back "Alberto Giacometti / 6/8"

Provenance

Annette GIACOMETTI
Private collection
Private collection
Private collection
Sale Galerie Kornfeld Berne (Switzerland), June 15th, 2012, lot n ° 48
Private collection
Sale Sotheby's London London (United Kingdom), June 20th, 2018, lot n ° 342

Exhibition history

1995 Alberto Giacometti. La collezione di un amatore, Lugano (Switzerland), Galleria Pieter Coray, no. 4
1997 Alberto Giacometti, Hiroshima (Japan), Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, from February 18th to March 23rd 1997, no. 22
1997 Alberto Giacometti, Shizuoka (Japan), Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, from April 11th to May 25th 1997, no. 22
1997 Alberto Giacometti, Ashikaga (Japan), Ashikaga Museum of Art, from June 7th to July 13th 1997, no. 22
1998 Alberto Giacometti. Werke und Schriften, Francfort (Germany), Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, from October 6th 1998 to January 3rd 1999, no. 31
1999 Alberto Giacometti. Disegni, sculture e opere grafiche, Bologne (Italy), Museo Morandi, no. 18

Bibliography

Alberto Giacometti. La collezione di un amatore, Sculture, dipinti, disegni, grafica, Milan : Skira Editore, 1995, cat. no. 4, p. 25
Alberto Giacometti, Tokyo : Togo International Inc. & Curator Office Inc., 1997, cat. no. 22, ill. p. 70
Christoph VITALI (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti. Werke und Schriften, Zurich : Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess, 1998, cat. no. 31, ill. p. 56
Alberto Giacometti. Disegni, sculture e opere grafiche, Milan : Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, 1999 / Bologne : Museo Morandi, 1999, cat. no. 18, ill. p. 91
140 ausgewählte Kunstwerke des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Teil I, Berne : Galerie Kornfeld, 2012, lot no. 48

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