Giacometti’s production of busts depicting his brother peaks in 1953–54; here the concentration on the head and the gaze as living energy centre is most pronounced.

Material

Bronze

Dimensions

49 x 28 x 22.5 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

Object number

GS 054

Signature

inscr. on plinth, right: 1/6 / Alberto Giacometti

Further information

Ex. 1/6

Provenance

• Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), frühestens ab 1965, Leihgabe
• Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, frühestens ab 1965, Übernahme
• Alberto Giacometti-Syndikat, Zürich, 1963, Kauf
• Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1963, Kauf
• Sammlung G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, 1954
• Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
• Alberto Giacometti