Hans Stocker (1896–1983)
Alberto Giacometti (Study), 1930
Alberto Giacometti
Hans Stocker was a friend of Alberto Giacometti’s in Paris in the 1920s, and acquired the 1925 self-portrait head from him while it was being executed, probably in exchange for another work (see GS 180). As a result this piece was preserved, the sole survivor from the sculptures made in Paris when Giacometti was studying at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 55 x 46 cm
- Creditline
- Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, Donated by Myriam Plettener and Jean-Pierre Stocker, 1993
- Object number
- GS 183
- Signature
- inscr. u. r.: Stocker / 30; on verso on stretcher: Alb. Giacometti (Etude)
- Provenance
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- Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), 1993, Leihgabe
- Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, 1993, Geschenk
- Myriam Plettener und Jean-Pierre Stocker (Sammler), bis 1993
- Hans Stocker (Künstler)