The various ‘Femmes’ that followed the ‘Tête qui regarde’ differ from it fundamentally in their separation of figure from base. With forms that are indented and sometimes no more than scratched lines, the surface becomes a plane on which autonomous elements can play at will.

Material

Bronze, patinated in a gold tone

Dimensions

48 x 39 x 8.5 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

Object number

GS 014

Signature

inscribed on back, above the plinth: Alberto Giacometti / 2/6

Further information

Ex. 2/6; bronze casts of the sculpture were made from 1956

Provenance

• Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), frühestens ab 1965, Leihgabe
• Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, frühestens ab 1965, Übernahme
• Alberto Giacometti-Syndikat, 1963, Kauf
• Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1963, Kauf
• Sammlung G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, 1957–1965
• Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
• Alberto Giacometti