Giacometti often recalled how he had long thought about sculpting a dog. Then, returning home late one night, he felt as if he had been transformed into the animal, its snout sniffing the ground – and in that moment he saw the sculpture which he was finally able to execute a few weeks later. It may have been modelled on a greyhound belonging to Pablo Picasso.

The master cast in plaster is also held by the Alberto Giacometti Foundation (see GS 358).

Material

Bronze

Dimensions

46 x 98.5 x 15 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

Object number

GS 047

Signature

inscr. on base below the head: Alberto Giacometti 1/8

Further information

Ex. 1/8

Provenance