The drawing is an interesting testimony to Giacometti’s quest for an elemental depiction of the head, and attests to the interest in Cubism and African art that leads to the ‘Tête qui regarde’.

Material

Pen in brown on paper

Dimensions

9.3 x 5.8 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Collection of Prints and Drawings, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1979

Object number

GS 132

Signature

inscr. b. r. with graphite pencil: AG.

Provenance

• ab 1979, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, Geschenk
• James Lord (Sammler/-in)
• Verbleib unbekannt
• Alberto Giacometti (*1901 Borgonovo bei Stampa, +1966 Chur) (Künstler/-in)