Giacometti often recalled how he had long thought about sculpting a dog. Then, returning home late one night, he felt as if he had been transformed into the animal, its snout sniffing the ground – and in that moment he saw the sculpture which he was finally able to execute a few weeks later. It may have been modelled on a greyhound belonging to Pablo Picasso.

The master cast in plaster is also held by the Alberto Giacometti Foundation (see GS 358).

Material

Bronze

Dimensions

46 x 98.5 x 15 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

Object number

GS 047

Signature

inscribed and numbered on base below the head: Alberto Giacometti 1/8

Further information

Ex. 1/8

Provenance

• ab 1965, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, Leihgabe
• ab 1965, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, Übereignung
• 1963, Alberto Giacometti-Syndikat, Zürich, Kauf
• 1963, Galerie Beyeler (Galerie), Basel, Kauf
• G. David Thompson (*1899 Newark, OH, +1965 Pittsburgh, PA) (Sammler/-in)
• 1957, Galerie Maeght (Galerie), Paris
• Alberto Giacometti (*1901 Borgonovo bei Stampa, +1966 Chur) (Künstler/-in)