Renato Stampa (1904–1978), who taught at the school in Chur after studying Romance languages in Zurich, was a cousin of Giacometti’s and a close friend of the family who published his recollections of them on a number of occasions.

Material

Pencil on paper

Dimensions

42.8 x 30.9 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Collection of Prints and Drawings, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

Object number

GS 080

Signature

later inscribed bottom right: Alberto Giacometti / 1920

Provenance

• Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), ab 1965, Leihgabe
• Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, frühestens ab 1965, Übernahme
• Alberto Giacometti-Syndikat, 1963, Kauf
• Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1963, Kauf
• Sammlung G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh
• Alberto Giacometti