According to Bruno Giacometti, his brother had an operation on his appendix in Samedan Hospital in July 1930; the drawing is of the Bernina mountain range as seen from the window of his room.

Material

Pen in brown ink on thin paper

Dimensions

21.8 x 26.7 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

Object number

GS 097

Signature

later inscribed bottom right (in ballpoint): Alberto Giacometti 1930

Provenance

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