The Artist’s Father I, c. 1929/1930
Le Père de lʼartiste I
In 1927 in the Val Bregaglia, Alberto Giacometti created a series of heads based on his father, the well-known painter Giovanni Giacometti (1868–1933), which probably started with this traditionally designed sculpture.
- Material
- Plaster
- Dimensions
- 27 x 18.5 x 23.5 cm
- Creditline
- Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, Donated by Bruno and Odette Giacometti, 2005
- Object number
- GS 258
- Provenance
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- Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), ab 2005, Leihgabe
- Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, 2005, Geschenk
- Bruno und Odette Giacometti, bis 2005
- Alberto Giacometti