Giacometti’s very characteristic, highly graphic-constructive style that emphasizes the unity of space and the picture surface was adopted in the late 1930s, notably in his copies of Egyptian and other ancient artworks.

Material

Pen and brown ink on thin paper

Dimensions

27.0 x 20.9 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

Object number

GS 098

Signature

later inscribed bottom right (in ballpoint): Alberto Giacometti / 1938

Provenance

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