This bronze after the famous plaster sculpture of 1928 (see the version in the Alberto Giacometti Foundation, GS 010) was cast in 1955 at Susse in Paris. As Giacometti achieved worldwide renown, his pre-war work also attracted great interest.

Material

Bronze

Dimensions

39.5 x 33.5 x 6.5 cm

Creditline

Kunstmuseum Basel, on permanent loan from the Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

This work is on long-term loan to the Kunstmuseum Basel

Object number

GS 011

Signature

inscr. on plinth, front left: Alberto Giacometti 3/6

Further information

Ex. 3/6

Provenance

• Kunstmuseum Basel, frühestens ab 1965, Dauerleihgabe
• Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, frühestens 1965, Übernahme
• Alberto Giacometti-Syndikat, 1963, Kauf
• Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1963, Kauf
• Sammlung G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, 1955, Kauf
• Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
• Alberto Giacometti