Fondation Giacometti -  Head of Greti Amiet (recto) Four Sketches of Greti Amiet (verso)
Fondation Giacometti -  Head of Greti Amiet (recto) Four Sketches of Greti Amiet (verso)
AGD 3809

Head of Greti Amiet (recto) Four Sketches of Greti Amiet (verso)

Date 1920

Medium Silverpoint on paper prepared with gesso

Dimensions 19,76 x 15,03 in.

Collection Private collection

Inscription

Inscription with a pencil at the bottom right corner "Alb. Giacometti / 1920"

Provenance

Sale Kornfeld und Klipstein, Berne Berne (Switzerland), 1971, lot n ° 405
Private collection

Exhibition history

1962 Alberto Giacometti, Zurich (Switzerland), Kunsthaus Zürich, from December 2nd 1962 to January 6th 1963, no. 205
1962 Alberto Giacometti, Zurich (Switzerland), Kunsthaus Zürich, from December 2nd 1962 to January 6th 1963, no. 205
1962 Alberto Giacometti, Zurich (Switzerland), Kunsthaus Zürich, from December 2nd 1962 to January 6th 1963
1989 Von Goya bis Tinguely , Berne (Switzerland), Kunstmuseum Bern, no. 6
1990 Alberto Giacometti. Dibujo. Escultura. Pintura, Madrid (Spain), Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, from November 14th 1990 to January 15th 1991, no. 6
2003 Espiritu de modernidad . De Goya a Giacometti, Obra sobre papel de la coleccion Kornfeld, Madrid (Spain), Fundacion Juan March, from February 7th to June 8th 2003, no. 68

Bibliography

Kosme Maria de BARANANO, Alberto Giacometti. Dibujo. Escultura. Pintura, Barcelona : Lunwerg Editores S.A., 1990, cat. no. 6
Die Familie Giacometti : das Tal, die Welt, Milan : Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, 2000, ill. p. 180
Marc FEHLMANN, Matthias FREHNER, Hommage an 'E.W.K.', Meisterwerke von Giovanni, Alberto und Diego Giacometti aus der Sammlung von Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Berne : Kunstmuseum Bern, 2003, cat. no. 19

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