Probably the first larger-scale sculpture by Giacometti in the Cubist style, the work only became known in 1991, when the original plaster from Diego Giacometti’s estate (now in the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Paris) was cast in bronze. The main element is an attempt to symbolically depict the act of seeing and is a precursor of ‘Tête qui regarde’ (see GS 010).

Material

Bronze

Dimensions

66.5 x 45.5 x 40 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, Donated by Ernst Beyeler, 1991

Object number

GS 179

Signature

inscr. on the back, left: Alberto Giacometti 8/8 / Susse Fondeur Paris

Further information

Ex. 8/8

Provenance

• Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), ab 1991, Leihgabe
• Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, 1991, Kauf
• Ernst Beyeler (Sammler), bis 1991
• Alberto Giacometti