Fondation Giacometti -  The Artist's Mother
Fondation Giacometti -  The Artist's Mother
AGD 3765

The Artist's Mother

Date 1947

Medium Oil on a cut canvas mounted on canvas

Dimensions 27,16 x 14,56 x 0,78 in.

Collection Private collection

Inscription

Signed and dated with a paintbrush at the bottom right corner "Alberto Giacometti
1947"

Provenance

Private collection
Private collection
Private collection
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Private collection
Private collection
Sale Sotheby's Inc. New York, NY (United States Of America), November 14th, 2017, lot n ° 3

Exhibition history

1950 André Masson. Alberto Giacometti, Basel (Switzerland), Kunsthalle Basel, from May 6th to June 11th 1950, no. 110
1950 Alberto Giacometti, New York, NY (United States Of America), Pierre Matisse Gallery, from December 12th 1950 to January 6th 1951, no. 31
1955 Alberto Giacometti, New York, NY (United States Of America), The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, from June 8th to July 17th 1955, no. 3
1962 Masters of Seven Centuries, Paintings and Drawings from the 14th to 20th Century, New York (USA), Wildenstein & Co., Inc., from 1st to March 31st 1962, no. 79
1962 XXXI Biennale internazionale d'arte, Venice (Italy), Biennale d'arte, from June 16th to October 7th 1962
1985 Alberto Giacometti, New York, NY (United States Of America), Sidney Janis Gallery, from September 17th to November 2nd 1985, no. 2

Bibliography

André Masson. Alberto Giacometti, Basel : Kunsthalle, 1950, cat. no. 110, p. 22
Alberto GIACOMETTI, Alberto Giacometti, New York, NY : Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1950, cat. no. 31, p. 32, ill. p. 31
Alberto Giacometti, New York, NY : The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1955, cat. no. 3
Masters of Seven Centuries Wildenstein, New York : Wildenstein & Co., Inc., 1962, cat. no. 79, p. 21
Alberto Giacometti, New York, NY : Sidney Janis Gallery, 1985, cat. no. 2, pl. 2

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