Alberto Giacometti Stiftung
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  • c. 1914

    GS 078

    Flowerpots

    Pencil on paper

  • c. 1914

    GS 079

    The Artistʼs Mother Sewing

    Graphite pencil on paper

  • c. 1917

    GS 285

    Head of a Student from Schiers

    Plaster

    The head is a cast probably dating from 1951. It was executed with the initial Plasticine model from

  • 1918

    GS 157

    Portrait of the Artistʼs Mother

    Pen in black on paper

    The most intense drawings of Giacometti’s early years are portraits of either his mother or himself.

  • 1920

    GS 080

    Pencil on paper

    Renato Stampa (1904–1978), who taught at the school in Chur after studying Romance languages in

  • 1920/1921

    GS 228.01-13

    Sheets from a Sketchbook (Florence, November 1920 – Rome, 1921)

    Chalk

    In May 1920 Giacometti attended the Venice Biennale with his father and discovered the works of

  • 1921

    GS 062

    Self-Portrait

    Oil on canvas

    This key work of Alberto’s early, highly coloured painting in which he engages with his father’s art

  • c. 1922/1923

    GS 081

    Seated Woman Resting Her Head on Her Hand

    Pencil on thin paper

    The 15 nude drawings (GS 081–GS 095) from the years 1921-24 were all executed in the Académie de la

  • c. 1923/1924

    GS 096

    Self-Portrait

    Graphite pencil on light brown discoloured paper

  • 1925–1926

    GS 002

    Bronze

    This work is the outcome of an intensive engagement with the post-Cubist sculptures of Henri Laurens

  • 1925/1926

    GS 390

    Small Composition

    Plaster, painted

  • c. 1925

    GS 240

    Sketch for a Cubist Sculpture

    Pencil

  • 1926/1927

    GS 004

    Spoon Woman

    Bronze

    This sculpture is a key work of the group from 1925–27 that was inspired by African and other tribal

  • c. 1926

    GS 295

    Cubist Composition

    Plaster, pencil

    The ʻComposition cubisteʼ was probably created by making a cast of an initial clay model using a

  • 1928

    GS 010

    Gazing Head

    Plaster

    With ‘Tête qui regarde’ and the other disc-shaped sculptures (see GS 011, GS 012 and GS 169),

  • 1930

    GS 165

    Tidy

    Plaster

    The concept espoused by the Surrealists, that works of art should depict phenomena from the

  • 1930

    GS 019

    Suspended Ball

    Plaster and metal

    When André Breton and Salvador Dalí discovered the ‘Boule suspendue’ in 1930, they were so

  • c. 1931

    GS 131

    Project for a Sculpture

    Pen in brown on paper

    The design belongs with the Surrealist display models and game boards. No finished version is known

  • c. 1931

    GS 167

    Studio with Sculpting Stand

    Graphite pencil on paper

    An unusual and important work that, in many respects, looks ahead to the mature drawings, especially

  • 1932

    GS 022

    Caught Hand

    Wood and metal

  • c. 1932

    GS 125

    Point to the Eye

    Pen in black on paper

    The drawing clearly belongs with the sculpture of the same name (see GS 021), though the precise

  • 1933/1934

    GS 298

    Plaster, painted white

    ʻCubeʼ was created as a cast of a preceding model. Subsequently, it was slightly reworked by

  • c. 1936

    GS 301

    Small Head of Rita

    Plaster, coated with sealant

    The head was created by casting the initial clay or Plasticine model using a multi-part negative

  • c. 1939/1945

    GS 412

    Small Bust on a Double Base

    Plaster

  • c. 1939/1945

    GS 411

    Small Figurine on a Base

    Plaster

  • 1943

    GS 304

    Silvio Standing (Hands in Pockets)

    Plaster

    The figure was created by casting the initial clay or Plasticine model using a multi-part negative

  • 1947

    GS 030

    Walking Man

    Bronze

  • 1947

    GS 028

    The Hand

    Plaster and iron rod, painted

    This work evokes a wartime experience in 1940, when Alberto, Diego and the latter’s companion were

  • 1947

    GS 032

    The Nose

    Painted plaster, rope, metal, wooden plate

  • 1948

    GS 036

    Standing Woman

    Bronze

  • 1949

    GS 064

    Three Plaster Heads

    Oil on canvas

  • 1951

    GS 065

    Annette

    Oil on canvas

    Giacometti met Annette Arm (Geneva 1923–Paris 1993) in Geneva during the war in 1943. From 1946

  • 1957

    GS 067

    Portrait of G. David Thompson

    Oil on canvas

    G. David Thompson (1898–1965), a Pittsburgh steel magnate, assembled one of the most important

  • 1960

    GS 329

    Large Head I

    Plaster, partially painted, coated with sealant and release agent

    The massive head is modelled directly in plaster on an iron armature. From 1960, the plaster served

  • 1962

    GS 331

    Annette VI

    Plaster, coated with sealant and release agent

    The bust was created by casting the initial clay model using a two-part negative plaster mould (lost

  • 1964

    GS 074

    Portrait of Annette with Yellow Blouse

    Oil on canvas

  • c. 1964/1965

    GS 337

    Bust of Diego

    Plaster, partially painted

    The bust was created by casting the initial clay model using a two-part negative plaster mould (lost

  • 1965

    GS 415

    Bronze

    The French photographer Eli Lotar (1905−1969) was an old acquaintance of Giacometti’s who in his

  • 1965

    GS 338

    Plaster, coated with sealant and release agent

    The bust was created by casting the initial clay model using a two-part negative plaster mould (lost