This work evokes a wartime experience in 1940, when Alberto, Diego and the latter’s companion were fleeing Paris. In Étampes, following the German assault, Alberto noticed a severed human arm lying in the road.

Material

Plaster and iron rod, painted

Dimensions

65.5 x 79 x 12 cm

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1965

Object number

GS 028

Signature

inscr. on plinth with brush: Plâtre original A Giacometti

Provenance

• Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), frühestens ab 1965, Leihgabe
• Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, frühestens ab 1965, Übernahme
• Alberto Giacometti-Syndikat, Zürich, 1963, Kauf
• Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1963, Kauf
• Sammlung G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, 1954
• Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
• Alberto Giacometti