The head was probably created by making a cast of an initial clay model using a two-part negative plaster mould (lost mould). Subsequently, the entire surface was completely reworked by adding and removing plaster, and the face was painted with pencil.

No subsequent moulds were made from this plaster, meaning that it did not serve as a template for a bronze cast.

Material

Plaster, pencil

Dimensions

13 x 6.7 x 8.7 cm

Creditline

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

Object number

GS 313

Provenance

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