Small Figurine, c. 1935
Petite Figurine
Giacometti carved this small wooden figure while walking in the mountains along with the ‘Figurine’ (see GS 247), both of which he gave to a cousin. The slender branch gave him the inspiration for the extremely exaggerated length which, in the larger figure, is rendered even more dynamic by the flame-like crown. Here we can already see evidence of the characteristic mature style of 1947 onwards.
Apart from a bust of Rita (Fondation Giacometti, Paris), these are Giacometti’s only preserved forays into woodcarving, created when he returned to figuration after his Surrealist period in around 1935–1937.
- Material
- Wood
- Dimensions
- 14 cm (height)
- Creditline
- Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, Donated in memory of Margrit Bühler-Gredig, 2002
- Object number
- GS 248
- Provenance
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- Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), ab 2002, Leihgabe
- Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, Geschenk zur Erinnerung an Margrit Bühler-Gredig, 2002
- Margrit Bühler-Gredig (Nichte von Vetia Michel) (Sammlerin), Uzwil
- Vetia Michel, Borgonovo, um 1935, Geschenk
- Alberto Giacometti