This work was originally executed only in plaster, but Giacometti’s New York gallerist Pierre Matisse had six bronze casts made in 1954.

Material

Bronze

Dimensions

40 x 30.5 x 8.5 cm

Creditline

Kunstmuseum Basel, on permanent loan from the Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

This work is on long-term loan to the Kunstmuseum Basel

Object number

GS 018

Signature

inscr. on the lowest crossbeam, on back: 2/6 Alberto Giacometti 1929

Further information

Ex. 2/6

Provenance

• Kunstmuseum Basel, frühestens ab 1965, Dauerleihgabe
• Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, frühestens ab 1965, Übernahme
• Alberto Giacometti-Syndikat, 1963, Kauf
• Kunsthandel, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1965, Kauf
• Sammlung G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, Kauf
• Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, Kauf
• Alberto Giacometti