Alberto Giacometti Art
Swiss, 1901-1966
Alberto Giacometti was a painter, printmaker and furniture designer but he is best known as one of the 20th century’s most important sculptors. He is revered for the elongated, slender human figures he created in the years following World War II that reflected existentialism and the trauma associated with the conflict.
Giacometti was born in Borgonovo, Switzerland, in 1901 to a creative family. His father Giovanni was a Post-Impressionist painter, his godfather Cuno Amiet was a Fauvist painter, his brother Bruno was an architect, and his other brother Diego was an artist and furniture designer who also served as Giacometti’s model. (The sculptor worked chiefly with models plucked from his personal life.)
Beginning in 1922, Giacometti studied at the Académie de la Grande-Chaumière in Paris and was influenced by the Cubist work of Alexander Archipenko, Raymond Duchamp-Villon and the post-Cubist sculptures of Jacques Lipchitz and Henri Laurens.
During the 1930s, Giacometti designed furniture such as lamps, vases and wall décor to earn a living, often collaborating with interior designer Jean-Michel Frank, whose interiors tastefully mixed extravagance with sophisticated simplicity. However, Giacometti’s passion lay in creating sculptures.
Alberto and his brother Diego left Paris in 1940 to escape the Nazi invasion and spent time in the South of France before fleeing to Geneva, remaining there until 1946. In 1947, Giacometti began work on his most famous sculptures — very tall and thin figurines that came to be associated with frailty and loneliness.
Giacometti catapulted to fame in the United States following two exhibitions of his sculptures in 1948 and 1950 at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York City — Jean-Paul Sartre authored the catalogue essay for the latter. In 1961, Giacometti’s friend, Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, asked him to design the set for a re-staging of his play “Waiting for Godot.” His response took on the form of a single plaster tree.
In 1962, Giacometti won the grand prize for sculpture at the Venice Biennale, and for much of the rest of his career, he created modern paintings, drawings and sculptures of plaster, clay and bronze in his small Paris studio. He died in 1966.
Giacometti’s works continue to enthrall collectors. In 2010, his life-size bronze sculpture L'Homme qui marche (“the man who walks”), which now adorns the 100 Swiss Franc banknote, became one of the most expensive sculptures to be sold at auction.
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Homme Assis et Personnage - Pencil Drawing by A. Giacometti - 1953
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Roma, IT
Homme assis et personnage is a pencil drawing realized by Alberto Giacometti on a page of Louis Guilloux's "La merveille", published in "Les Lettres Nouvelles", n°7, septembre 1953, p. 779.
Giacometti sketched a male portrait in his typical style. The man is in profile and on the right side of the page there is a small study of a standing figure.
Following Fondation Giacometti, it was realized by the author on September 1953.
As James Lord...
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1950s Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Pencil
Man Walking in the Sun - Orangerie des Tuileries by Alberto Giacometti, 1969
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Alberto Giacometti
Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1969
Dimensions: 26 x 19.5 in, 66 x 49.5 cm
Arches Paper - Excellent Condition A
This lithographic poster for an exhibitio...
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1960s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Bust of a Seated Man (Jacques Dupin) - Lithograph by Alberto Giacometti - 1961
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on vélin realized by Giacometti for Derrière le Miroir n. 127, in 1961.
Ref. lust 152; ADG (Alberto Giacometti's Database) 334
Very good condition.
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1960s Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
The Search
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in London, GB
Alberto Giacometti
The Search , ca. 1968
Restrike Etching
unsigned
comes with COA from publishers
25.4 × 20.3 cm
51 x 40.5 cm (framed)
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1960s Modern Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Broach (Bird with unfolded wings)
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Ottikon, CH
The work is registered and archived at the Fondation Giacometti in Paris under no. 4578.
Only seven pieces of this brooch are known. Six pieces face to the right and
one piece to th...
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1930s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Bronze
Alberto Giacometti after "Caroline" Offset Print, 1965
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Vienna, AT
Print by Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966) titled "Caroline".
The figure's formality and disproportionately small head are hallmark characteristics of Alberto Giacometti's portr...
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1960s Swiss Vintage Alberto Giacometti Art
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Paper
Tete de Femme Floor Lamp After Alberto Giacometti--Rockefeller Collection
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a very special gilt bronze floor lamp after Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966). In 1977, Nelson A. Rockefeller founded Nelson Rockefeller Collection, Inc. and had his collection of original works by Diego and Alberto Giacometti cast in bronze and reproduced in small editions by Excalibur Bronze. This example is impressed with the date 1985.
The lamp measures 72.75" to the top of the shade. The diameter of the shade, which is the widest part of the lamp, is 18". The bronze foot of the lamp measures approximately 9" in diameter.
The lamp itself is in very good condition with only light wear consistent with age and use. The shade appears to be original and needs to be replaced. It is slightly out of round and has a puncture and dents. However, the shade is included if desired by the buyer and could be recovered. Or, we can provide the shade dimensions if a new shade is preferred.
We also have a pair of gilt bronze Giacometti table...
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Late 20th Century American Alberto Giacometti Art
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Bronze
"Objets mobiles et muet" original lithograph
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Lust 1. Executed in 1931, this is the first lithograph created by Giacometti. This impression is from the second edition, printed in...
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1950s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Alberto Giacometti Framed Black and White Limited Lithograph "Annette", 1964
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful sketched lithograph by famed Swiss artists/sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
The lithograph was printed in Paris by Mourlot Freres in 1964 and was issued in an edition of ...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Alberto Giacometti Art
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Paper
original lithograph
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Lust 100. Printed for Derriere le Miroir (issue number 98) and published in Paris in 1957 by Maeght. Sheet size: 15 x 22 inches. The...
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1950s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
"L'Arbre" original lithograph
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1952 for the art revue Verve (Volume 7, Number 27-28) and published in Paris by Teriade. Size: 13 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches (352 x 263 mm). There is...
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1950s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Alberto Giacometti Excalibur Bronze Andirons
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Andirons designed by Alberto Giacometti, executed by Excalibur Bronze, circa 1970s. These andirons are based on the original 1936 design from Nelson Rockefeller's personal collection...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Alberto Giacometti Art
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Bronze, Steel
Alberto Giacometti, rare vintage original poster
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare vintage original poster published by the famous Paris Gallery Claude Bernard pour an historic exhibition of Jean Dubuffet in the sixties (1964) about the Hourloupe series.
Jean ...
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1960s Expressionist Alberto Giacometti Art
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Paper
Expressionist Sculptural Plaster Lamp 'Tête de Femme' by A. Giacometti, France
By Alberto and Diego Giacometti, Alberto Giacometti
Located in North Miami, FL
1940s Expressionist plaster and brass sculptural lamp 'Tête de Femme' designed by Alberto Giacometti, France
By: Alberto Giacometti
Material: plaster, brass, metal, copper, zinc
Tec...
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1940s French Expressionist Vintage Alberto Giacometti Art
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Metal, Brass, Copper, Zinc
Alberto Giacometti 'Annette De Face' Etching, 1955
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful etching 'Annette De Face' by Alberto Giacometti in 1955, original black and white etching, framed with matte behind glass. This is an unsigned, unnumbered impression from t...
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1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Alberto Giacometti Art
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Paper
Alberto Giacometti 'Annette' Black and White Lithograph, circa 1964
By Alberto Giacometti, Mourlot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Lithograph 'Anette' made by Alberto Giacometti.
Especially created by the artist in 1964 for Made for the book titled "Prints from the Mourlot Press" published in Paris, 1964
The b...
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1960s French Modern Vintage Alberto Giacometti Art
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Paper
The Pointing Man, in the Studio L’homme qui pointe dans l’atelier - Swiss Art
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in London, GB
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 1901-1966
Borgonovo 1901-1966 Chur, Switzerland (Swiss)
Title: The Pointing Man, in the Studio L’homme qui pointe dans l’atelier, 1951
Technique: Original Hand ...
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1950s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Histoire de rats (Diane Bataille II), Etching by Alberto Giacometti
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966) - Histoire de rats (Diane Bataille II), Year: 1947 (Printed 1995), Medium: Etching on Arches, Image Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches, Size: 8 x 6.5 in....
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1940s Modern Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
original lithograph
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1961 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 127) and published in Paris by Maeght. Size: 15 x 11 inches (378 x 278 mm). There is p...
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1960s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Man Walking in the Sun - Orangerie des Tuileries by Alberto Giacometti, 1969
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Alberto Giacometti
Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1969
Dimensions: 26 x 19.5 in, 66 x 49.5 cm
Arches Paper - Excellent Condition A
This lithographic poster for an exhibitio...
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1960s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Untitled By Alberto Giacometti
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in London, GB
Untitled
By Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor and painter known for his distinctive, elongated figures that convey a sense of existential loneliness and h...
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1960s Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Bust of a Seated Man (Jacques Dupin) - Lithograph by Alberto Giacometti - 1961
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on vélin realized by Giacometti for Derrière le Miroir n. 127, in 1961.
Ref. lust 152; ADG (Alberto Giacometti's Database) 334
Very good condition.
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1960s Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
original lithograph
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Executed for Derriere le Miroir (No. 148) in 1964, and published in Paris by Maeght. This lithograph was published on the occasion of the inauguration of...
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1960s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Composition, Feuilles éparses, Alberto Giacometti
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin cuve de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Feuilles éparses, 1965. Published and printed by Louis B...
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1960s Surrealist Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
Mother - Original Lithograph, 1956
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Paris, IDF
Alberto Giacometti
Mother, 1956
Original lithograph
On wove paper 31.5 x 24.5 cm (c. 12.4 x 9.6 inches)
Edited by San Lazaro in 1956
Excellent condition
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1950s Modern Alberto Giacometti Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Charcoal Stove - Original Etching, 1956
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Paris, IDF
Alberto GIACOMETTI
The Charcoal Stove, 1956
Original etching
On Arches vellum 38.5 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 inches)
In very good condition
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1950s Modern Alberto Giacometti Art
Materials
Etching
Homme Assis et Personnage - Pencil Drawing by A. Giacometti - 1953
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Roma, IT
Homme assis et personnage is a pencil drawing realized by Alberto Giacometti on a page of Louis Guilloux's "La merveille", published in "Les Lettres Nouvelles", n°7, septembre 1953, p. 779.
Giacometti sketched a male portrait in his typical style. The man is in profile and on the right side of the page there is a small study of a standing figure.
Following Fondation Giacometti, it was realized by the author on September 1953.
As James Lord...
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1950s Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Pencil
Studio with the Stove - Original Etching, 1956
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Paris, IDF
Alberto GIACOMETTI
Studio with the Stove, 1956
Original etching
On Arches vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (c. 13 x 10 inches)
REFERENCES:
- Eberhard W. Kornfeld et la Fondation Giacometti...
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1950s Modern Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
SCULPTURES DANS L'ATELIER
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Etching on wove paper. Lust 185. Published by Galerie Beyeler, Basel. Edition 52/150.
Artwork is in overall excellent condition. White spot...
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1960s Expressionist Alberto Giacometti Art
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Paper, Etching
Studio with the Turntable - Original Etching, 1964
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Paris, IDF
Alberto GIACOMETTI
Studio with the Turntable, 1964
Original etching
On Arches vellum 56.5 x 38 cm (c. 22.2 x 15 inches)
REFERENCES:
- Eberhard W. Kornfeld et la Fondation Giac...
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1960s Modern Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
Selection of Modernist Lithographs or Gallery Wall
By (after) Joan Miró, Alberto Giacometti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of modernist lithographs or gallery wall, French, circa 1960s. From top left to right, they are:
1) Joan Miro color lithograph, from Derriere Le Miroir, circa 1960s. Seen at upper left. It measures 18.5" H x 25.5" W framed. Newly framed in clean lined black lacquer gallery frame under conservation grade glass.
2) SOLD Alberto Giacometti lithograph...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Alberto Giacometti Art
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Glass, Paper, Wood
Histoire de rats (Selft portrait), Etching by Alberto Giacometti
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966) - Histoire de rats (Selft portrait), Year: 1947 (Printed 1995), Medium: Etching on Arches, Image Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches, Size: 8 x 6.5 in. (2...
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1940s Modern Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
Alberto Giacometti - Original Lithograph
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Alberto Giacometti - Original Lithograph
1964
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
From the journal Derrière le Miroir No. 148, 1964
Edition: Foundation Maeght at Saint Paul
Alberto Giacometti...
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1960s Modern Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Alberto Giacometti Figura
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alberto Giacometti
Title: Figura
Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir 148
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1964
Edition: Unknown
Sheet Size: 13" x 9"
Signature: Unsigned
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1960s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Derrière Le Miroir - Lithograph by Alberto Giacometti - 1961
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Roma, IT
Derriere Le Miroir is a suite of original lithographs realized by Alberto Giacometti in 1961.
The artwork is an interesting edition of the French art periodical “Derriere Le Miroir”...
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1960s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Ex Libris Edmond Bomsel, Etching by Alberto Giacometti
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966) - Ex Libris Edmond Bomsel, Year: 1961, Medium: Etching on Japon, signed 'AM' in the plate, Size: 4.5 x 3.5 in. (11.43 x 8.89 cm), Provenance:...
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1960s Modern Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
Histoire de rats (Alexandre Kojève), Etching by Alberto Giacometti
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966) - Histoire de rats (Alexandre Kojeve), Year: 1947 (Printed 1995), Medium: Etching on Arches, Image Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches, Size: 8 x 6.5 in. ...
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1940s Modern Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
Histoire de rats (Diane Bataille VII), Etching by Alberto Giacometti
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966) - Histoire de rats (Diane Bataille VII), Portfolio: Georges Bataille. Histoire de rats, Year: 1947 (Printed 1995), Medium: Etching on Arches,...
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1940s Modern Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
Margaret Lovell ''DIAMOND RELIEF'' BRUTALIST SCULPTURE C.1968
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Stourbridge, West Midlands
Margaret Lovell DIPFA(Lond), FRBS, RWA ''Diamond Relief'' C.1968. Bronze mounted to a wooden base. This is a limited edition sculpture and number 3 of 4 and a unique version. Please ...
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Mid-20th Century British Brutalist Alberto Giacometti Art
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Bronze
"Nu Assis, " an Original Lithograph signed by Alberto Giacometti
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Alberto Giacometti's "Nu Assis", seated nude, is an original lithograph numbered 40 of 75. It is from 1961 and is signed lower right.
22" x 30" art
31 1/4" x 39 1/4" framed
"Alber...
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1960s Expressionist Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
"Annette" original lithograph
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1964 by Mourlot Freres and issued in an edition of 2000 on Arches wove paper. Size: 10 x 7 1/2 inches (255 x 185 mm). Not signed.
C...
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1960s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Alberto Giacometti -- Small Standing Nude
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901 - 1966)
Small Standing Nude, 1959
Etching on paper
Edition: 47/50
Hand signed and numbered below the image
Image size 15.0 x 8.0 cm
Frame size 42.5 x...
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1950s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
Alberto Giacometti - Portrait
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Alberto Giacometti - Portrait
Engraving (after the drawing)
Published in the deluxe art review, XXe Siecle
1956
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
Publisher: G. di San Lazzaro.
From the art Re...
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1950s Modern Alberto Giacometti Art
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Engraving
Nude with Flowers Nu aux fleurs - Italian Art, Swiss Artist, Scultural
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in London, GB
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 1901-1966
Borgonovo 1901-1966 Chur, Switzerland (Swiss)
Title: Nude with Flowers Nu aux fleurs, 1960
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph on ...
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1960s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Paris sans fin
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in London, GB
First edition, from the edition of 250 copies on Vélin d’Arches from a total edition of 270; large 4to (42.2 x 32 cm); artist’s signature stamp to limitation page, 150 lithographs after Giacometti, loose as issued in publisher's printed wrappers, glassine wrappers, cloth chemise and slipcase.
Giacometti’s testament to art and modern life in his beloved Paris.
For Tériade it would be a milestone, the last great publication he would see through the press. The two men [Tériade and Giacometti] had maintained a close friendship ever since the Surrealist Years. The one hundred and fifty lithographs are a profoundly interpenetrating view of Giacometti's experience of Paris. He selected the plates to be printed and determined the order of their relationship, numbering each one. The frontispiece shows a nude figure of a woman plunging forward, as though diving into space, and is immediately followed by a quantity of views of city streets, then of interiors familiar to the artist. We come upon views of his studio, of the cafes he frequented, of Annette's apartment in the rue Mazarine and Caroline's in the Avenue du Maine, strangers at cafe tables, passers by, parked automobiles, the towers of Saint-Suplice, bridges across the Seine, The Eiffel Tower. To accompany the hundred and fifty plates, a text of twenty pages was planned, but the artist never got further than a few rough drafts. True, he was a devotee of words, Paris sans fin, however, said too much to the eye to be in need of other symbols (James Lord...
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1960s Art Nouveau Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Portrait of Iliazd
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Signed by the artist lower right, from Les Douze Portraits du célèbre Orbandale
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20th Century Modern Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Alberto Giacometti is most famous for his sculptures depicting human figures in an iconic tall, thin style. Influenced by Surrealism and Cubism, his style also sought to invoke a sense of distance in the viewer. On 1stDibs, find an array of beautiful Alberto Giacometti pieces from some of the top sellers around the world.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Alberto Giacometti made hundreds of sculptures out of a variety of materials. Some of his most frequently used ones were plaster, wood and terracotta, but he is perhaps best known for his bronze sculptures. On 1stDibs, find a collection of Alberto Giacometti art.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Alberto Giacometti worked with clay or plaster to form and shape his sculptures. Once they were completed, many of them were cast in bronze. He enjoyed experimenting with different styles, materials and approaches. While you’ll find a lot of bronze sculptures, there are other works of art that include plaster, clay and paint in his collections. Shop a selection of Alberto Giacometti pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Alberto Giacometti is a Swiss sculptor, painter and printmaker, working mainly in Paris. His work was influenced by the cubism, surrealist and expressionist movements. Shop a selection of Alberto Giacometti pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 21, 2024In his artwork, Alberto Giacometti tried to capture the energy of his figures as well as his own memories, emotional state and view of the world. He is revered for the elongated, slender human figures he created in the years following World War II that reflected existentialism and the trauma associated with the conflict. The very tall and thin figurines depicted in works like L’Homme au doigt, Standing Woman and The Chariot came to be associated with frailty and loneliness. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of Alberto Giacometti art.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 3, 2024For his drawings, Alberto Giacometti typically used pencil and paper as his materials. Less frequently, he drew with ink pens and charcoal. Although he is best known for his sculptures, the Italian artist was a prolific sketcher. In 1963, he published a collection of his drawings in a book called 45 Drawings. Explore a range of Alberto Giacometti art on 1stDibs.