The sculpture transposes the theme of the Cubist ‘Composition (Couple couché)’ into the formal type of the spatial drawing that Giacometti developed out of the disc sculptures: rather than impressing the symbols into a surface, he allows them to hover freely in the transparent space.

Material

Bronze, painted white

Dimensions

24 x 43 x 13.5 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

Object number

GS 017

Signature

inscr. on back of base plate, left: Alberto Giacometti 0/6 (in brush); between the name and the number the bronze is exposed and embossed with: 0/6

Further information

Ex. 0/6

Provenance

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