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Fondation Giacometti - [Head of a Man]
AGD 2176

[Head of a Man]

Date 1959 - 1960

Medium Blue and red ballpoint pen on micro-perforated sheet of a drawing pad

Dimensions 20,62 x 14,56 in.

Collection Private collection

Inscription

Signed with a pencil at the bottom right corner "Alberto Giacometti."
Dedicated with a pencil on the verso "For Er [...] / with all my thanks for the / great help you have given / me with my [...] book / best regards / James."

Provenance

Private collection
Galerie Beyeler, Bâle
Private collection
Private collection
Sale Christie's London London (United Kingdom), February 7th, 2013, lot n ° 249

Exhibition history

1977 Alberto Giacometti. Plastiken. Gemälde. Zeichnungen, Duisburg (Germany), Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum Duisburg, from September 17th to November 27th 1977, no. 113
1977 Alberto Giacometti. Plastiken. Gemälde. Zeichnungen, Mannheim (Germany), Kunsthalle Mannheim, from December 10th 1977 to January 22nd 1978, no. 113

Bibliography

Siegfried SALZMANN, Alberto Giacometti. Plastiken. Gemälde. Zeichnungen, Duisburg : Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, 1977, cat. no. 113, p. 210
Impressionist & Modern Works on paper, London : Christie's London, 2013, lot no. 249, p. 74-75, ill. p. 75

To search for a work, consult the Alberto Giacometti Database