In the last years of his life, Giacometti worked quite often in the studio he had taken over from his father in Stampa; it was here that the ‘Bustes de Chiavenna’ were created. In the background to the right can be seen an early sculpture, probably a head of the father from 1927, standing on the sideboard.

Material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

58 x 55 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, Donated by Hans C. and Elisabeth Bechtler, 1983

Object number

GS 160

Signature

inscr. b. r.: Alberto Giacometti

Provenance

• Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, ab 2001, Leihgabe
• Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), 1983, Geschenk unter Vorbehalt der Nutzniessung
• Hans C. und Elisabeth Bechtler, Stampa, 1965, vermutlich Geschenk
• Alberto Giacometti