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Alberto Giacometti's remarkable career traces the shifting enthusiasms of European art before and after the Second World War. As a Surrealist in the 1930s, he devised innovative sculptural forms, sometimes reminiscent of toys and games. And as an Existentialist after the war, he led the way in creating a style that summed up the philosophy's ...
- Swiss
- October 10, 1901
- Stampa, Graubunden, Switzerland
- January 11, 1966
Title: Tall Figure. Artist: Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, Borgonovo 1901–1966 Chur) Date: 1947. Medium: Bronze. Edition: 3/6. Dimensions: 79 1/2 × 8 5/8 × 16 1/4 in. (201.9 × 21.9 × 41.3 cm) Classification: Sculpture. Credit Line: The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, 2002. Accession Number: 2002.456.111.
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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.
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.
To make his bronze sculptures, Alberto Giacometti first created the form and shape with clay and plaster. He would often revise his model many times before producing the final mold for the bronze. You'll find a collection of Alberto Giacometti art on 1stDibs.
Provenance. Exhibition History. References. Title: Three Men Walking II. Artist: Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, Borgonovo 1901–1966 Chur) Date: 1949. Medium: Bronze. Edition: 1/6. Dimensions: 30 1/8 in. × 13 in. × 12 3/4 in. (76.5 × 33 × 32.4 cm) Classification: Sculpture. Credit Line: Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998.
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