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c.1958–9, cast released by the artist 1964. Bust of a Man (known as Chiavenna I) Alberto Giacometti. 1964
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Man Pointing Alberto Giacometti. 1947. The Studio I Alberto...
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Man Pointing Alberto Giacometti. 1947. Studio 5 Pierre...
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Man Pointing Alberto Giacometti. 1947. The Studio I Alberto...
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Man Pointing. 1947. Not on view. Frail yet erect, a man gestures with his left arm and points with his right. We have no idea what he points to, or why. Anonymous and alone, he is also almost a skeleton.
L'Homme au doigt ([lɔm o dwa], "The Man with the Finger"; also called Pointing Man or Man Pointing) is a 1947 bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, that became the most expensive sculpture ever when it sold for US$141.3 million on May 11, 2015.
- 180 cm (70 in)
- 1947
- Bronze
- Alberto Giacometti
Mar 17, 2024 · Man Pointing stands as a testament to Alberto Giacometti’s enduring legacy as a master of existential inquiry. Through his haunting sculptures, he invites viewers to confront the complexities of the human condition and the relentless passage of time.
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Apr 15, 2015 · Alberto Giacometti’s most iconic and evocative sculpture, L’homme au doigt (Pointing Man) is to make its first appearance at auction, as a highlight of Christie’s evening sale in New York on 11 May.
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Jean-Paul Sartre, the Existentialist philosopher and friend of the artist, said that Giacometti’s sculpture was “always halfway between nothingness and being,” which we can completely see in this manorexic figure, stripped of all muscle and fat.
Jun 11, 2018 · “Man Pointing,” from 1947. Courtesy Giacometti Foundation. Since 2010, three bronze figures by Giacometti—in each case, one in an edition of casts from an original work in plaster or...
