The writer and biographer James Lord came to Europe as a GI and returned after the war to Paris, where he met Giacometti. In 1964 he published a highly illuminating account of the genesis of his portrait, followed in 1985 by his comprehensive, meticulously researched and therefore largely reliable biography of Giacometti.

Material

Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions

49.6 x 31.9 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Collection of Prints and Drawings, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1991

Object number

GS 174

Signature

inscr. b. r.: Alberto Giacometti 54

Provenance

• ab 1991, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, Leihgabe
• ab 1991, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, Geschenk
• frühestens ab 1954 – 1991, James Lord (*1922 Englewood NJ, +2009 Paris) (Sammler/-in)
• Alberto Giacometti (*1901 Borgonovo bei Stampa, +1966 Chur) (Künstler/-in)