Isaku Yanaihara (1918–1989) came to Paris from Japan in 1954 to study existentialist philosophy. Between 1956 and 1961 Giacometti made numerous paintings of him in which he develops his late style. This is an unusual example of a portrait that was not painted over after the first version.

Material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

81 x 65.5 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

Object number

GS 068

Signature

inscr. b. r.: Alberto Giacometti 1957

Provenance

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