The head was created by making a cast of a preceding model using a multi-part negative plaster mould (plaster piece-mould). The preceding model may itself have been a plaster cast of a Plasticine or clay model. The surface displays no evidence of further working. The plaster served as a template for a bronze cast made using the sand-casting method.

Material

Plaster

Dimensions

23.5 x 14.3 x 20.9 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, Donated by Bruno and Odette Giacometti, 2006

Object number

GS 300

Provenance

• Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), ab 2006, Leihgabe
• Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), 2006, Geschenk
• Bruno und Odette Giacometti, bis 2006, Nachlass
• Alberto Giacometti