The bust was modelled in Plasticine. The signature ‘Alberto’ is engraved in the Plasticine at the bottom of the back of the neck. The head was not moulded during his lifetime, but served as a template for two documentary plaster casts in 1979.

Material

Plasticine

Dimensions

16.4 x 12.3 x 11.8 cm

Creditline

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

Object number

GS 287

Signature

inscr. on the bottom of the back of the neck: Alberto

Provenance

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