‘Pointe à lʼoeil’ is arguably the most complex of Giacometti’s ‘display models’ (Reinhold Hohl) of the psychologically charged situation in which vision confronts death. Previous owners of this exceptional object, which owing to its fragility can only be shown at the Kunsthaus Zürich, include Marcel Duchamp. A version in wood was acquired by the Musée national dʼart moderne in Paris from the Tériade Collection.

Material

Plaster and metal

Dimensions

13.5 x 59.5 x 31 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

Object number

GS 021

Signature

inscr. on base, front edge on left: Plâtre original, right: Alberto Giacometti

Provenance