The drawing clearly belongs with the sculpture of the same name (see GS 021), though the precise nature of the relationship is less obvious. It could be a later fine drawing, perhaps for a vignette in a Surrealist magazine. The proportions are substantially altered to preserve the concision of the original concept despite the change of medium and reduced size.

Material

Pen in black on paper

Dimensions

9 x 11.6 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Collection of Prints and Drawings, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1975

Object number

GS 125

Signature

inscr. b. r. with graphite pencil: Alberto Giacometti

Provenance

• Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), ab 1975, Leihgabe
• Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, 1975, Kauf
• Kornfeld und Klipstein (Kunsthandel), Bern, 12.6.1975, 345
• Alberto Giacometti