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Herbert Lust: Collector, Scholar, Friend
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Sculptures dans l'atelier (recto); Esquisse de composition avec trois figures et une tête (la place) sur une table (verso)
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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)
Sculptures dans l'atelier (recto); Esquisse de composition avec trois figures et une tête (la place) sur une table (verso)
signed and dated 'Alberto Giacometti 1950' (lower right, recto)
pencil on paper
19 5⁄8 x 12 7⁄8 in. (50 x 32.7 cm.)
Drawn in 1950
Sculptures dans l'atelier (recto); Esquisse de composition avec trois figures et une tête (la place) sur une table (verso)
signed and dated 'Alberto Giacometti 1950' (lower right, recto)
pencil on paper
19 5⁄8 x 12 7⁄8 in. (50 x 32.7 cm.)
Drawn in 1950
Provenance
Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 8 May 1959.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 8 May 1959.
Literature
H. Lust, Alberto Giacometti: The Complete Graphics, San Francisco, 1991, pp. 189-190 and 210, nos. D2 and D3 (recto illustrated and titled Head in the Studio; verso illustrated and titled Statues in the Studio).
Exhibited
Milwaukee Art Center; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Atlanta, The High Museum of Art; New York, The Finch College Museum of Art; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Giacometti: The Complete Graphics and 15 Drawings, May 1970-November 1971, pp. 189-190 and 210, nos. D2 and D3 (recto illustrated and titled Head in the Studio; verso illustrated and titled Statues in the Studio).
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Alberto Giacometti, December 1990-January 1991, pp. 222-223, no. 63 (recto and verso illustrated; titled Tête dans l'atelier).
Maine, Portland Museum of Art, Alberto Giacometti, May-September 2000, pp. 32 and 49, no. 7, fig. 12 (titled Heads in the Studio (recto), Four Figures (verso)).
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Alberto Giacometti: Le dessin à l'oeuvre, January-April 2001, pp. 155-234, no. 105 (recto illustrated; titled Sculptures dans l'atelier).
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Alberto Giacometti: Drawings and Prints, December 2003-March 2004, pp. 46-49, nos. 9 and 10 (recto illustrated and titled Head in the Studio; verso illustrated and titled Statues in the Studio).
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Alberto Giacometti, December 1990-January 1991, pp. 222-223, no. 63 (recto and verso illustrated; titled Tête dans l'atelier).
Maine, Portland Museum of Art, Alberto Giacometti, May-September 2000, pp. 32 and 49, no. 7, fig. 12 (titled Heads in the Studio (recto), Four Figures (verso)).
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Alberto Giacometti: Le dessin à l'oeuvre, January-April 2001, pp. 155-234, no. 105 (recto illustrated; titled Sculptures dans l'atelier).
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Alberto Giacometti: Drawings and Prints, December 2003-March 2004, pp. 46-49, nos. 9 and 10 (recto illustrated and titled Head in the Studio; verso illustrated and titled Statues in the Studio).
Further Details
The Comité Giacometti has confirmed the authenticity of this work which is registered in the Fondation Giacometti’s online database, the Alberto Giacometti Database, under the AGD number 4845.
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