Probably Giacometti’s earliest etching, this work was intended as the frontispiece for René Crevel’s eponymous publication from 1933 (Edition du Sagittaire, Paris); it was executed in the studio of Stanley William Hayter. The idea for the image comes from the ‘Cube’ group (see GS 025 and GS 298).

Material

Engraving on paper

Dimensions

12.7 x 8.9 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, Donated by Bruno and Odette Giacometti, 1980

Object number

GS 134

Signature

inscr. b. l. with graphite pencil: Epreuve dʼessai; b. r. with graphite pencil: Alberto Giacometti; below with graphite pencil: A Bruno [...] / suo Alberto.

Provenance

• Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), ab 1980, Leihgabe
• Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), 1980, Geschenk
• Bruno und Odette Giacometti
• Alberto Giacometti