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Jan 23, 2024 · Alberto Giacometti created a varied body of sculptures, paintings, and drawings, but he is best known for his sculptures of tall, thin, and rigid women and men often mounted on large bases. In the destructive wake of World War II, these figures--skeletal, seemingly anonymous and isolated--were embraced as powerful metaphors of the human condition.
Giacometti's work on the project resulted in the four figures of standing women—his largest sculptures—entitled Grande femme debout I through IV (1960). The commission was never completed, however, because Giacometti was unsatisfied by the relationship between the sculpture and the site, and abandoned the project.
Nov 2, 2022 · Storylines. 20th & 21st Century Art. 3 November 2022. Left: Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Homme (Apollon), conceived in 1929 and cast in 1954. Bronze with dark brown patina. Height: 15½ in (39.3 cm); length: 11 ¾ in (30 cm). Sold for $2,580,000. Right: Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Femme couchée qui rêve, conceived in 1929 and cast in 1959.
Artwork Details. Overview. Inscriptions and Markings. Provenance. Exhibition History. References. Title: The Forest (Composition with Seven Figures and a Head) Artist: Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, Borgonovo 1901–1966 Chur) Date: 1950. Medium: Painted bronze. Edition: 1/6. Dimensions: 23 in. × 23 5/8 in. × 19 in. (58.4 × 60 × 48.3 cm)
WALKING MAN I, 1960. Bronze sculpture, inscribed 'Alberto Giacometti' and 'Epreuve de l'UNESCO' (UNESCO proof) on the base; with foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris. 183 x 25.5 x 95 cm. Date of entry at UNESCO December 1970. Country of origin Switzerland. Acquisition made by UNESCO in 1969. © Photo : UNESCO/R. Fayad.
Jun 6, 2018 · Yet this clean-cut show deserves your attention all the same, with more than 170 works, and a broad selection from Giacometti’s earlier sculpture, before the thin men took hold.
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Jun 25, 2022 · Alberto Giacometti is most renowned for his bronze sculptures of tall, slender human figures created between 1945 and 1960, including Giacometti’s Walking Man, one of his most expensive statues.
