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

Copperplate engraving

Dimensions

19.0 x 12.1 cm

Creditline

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

Object number

GS 134

Signature

inscribed bottom left (in pencil): Epreuve dʼessai; right: Alberto Giacometti, below: 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