The Hand
Date 1947
Medium Bronze
Dimensions 21,57 x 28,11 x 1,14 in.
Edition number 1/6
Foundry Alexis Rudier Fondeur
Cast 1947
Collection Private collection
Signature engraved on the tip of the arm "A. Giacometti"
Cast number engraved on the tip of the arm "1/6"
Alberto GIACOMETTI
Pierre Matisse Gallery
Edward JAMES
Private collection
Sale Sotheby's London London (United Kingdom), May 14th, 1985, lot n ° 90
Private collection
Sale Christie's London London (United Kingdom), June 25th, 2014
1948 Alberto Giacometti. Exhibition of sculptures, paintings, drawings., New York, NY (United States Of America), Pierre Matisse Gallery, from January 19th to February 14th 1948, no. 27
1988 Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966, Washington, D.C. (United States Of America), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, from September 15th to November 13th 1988, no. 35
1998 Inner self, New York, NY (United States Of America), Mitchell-Innes & Nash, from February 3rd to March 13th 1998
2003 The Body transformed, Ottawa (Canada), National Gallery of Canada, from June 15th to October 5th 2003, no. 16
Jean-Paul SARTRE, Alberto GIACOMETTI, Alberto Giacometti. Exhibition of sculptures. Paintings. Drawings., New York, NY : Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1948, cat. no. 27
Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture, New York, NY : Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., 1985, lot no. 90
Valerie J. FLETCHER (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti. 1901-1966, Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988, cat. no. 35, ill. p. 127
The Body transformed, Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada, 2003, cat. no. 16, p. 38, pl. 16, ill. p. 41
Impressionist / Modern Evening Sale, London : Christie's London, 2014