According to Bruno Giacometti, his brother had an operation on his appendix in Samedan Hospital in July 1930; the drawing is of the Bernina mountain range as seen from the window of his room.

Material

Pen in brown ink on thin paper

Dimensions

21.8 x 26.7 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

Object number

GS 097

Signature

later inscribed bottom right (in ballpoint): Alberto Giacometti 1930

Provenance