This work evokes a wartime experience in 1940, when Alberto, Diego and the latter’s companion were fleeing Paris. In Étampes, following the German assault, Alberto noticed a severed human arm lying in the road.

Material

Plaster and iron rod, painted

Dimensions

65.5 x 79 x 12 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

Object number

GS 028

Signature

inscr. on plinth with brush: Plâtre original A Giacometti

Provenance