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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Artist: Alberto Giacometti
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
Annette Facing Front
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alberto Giacometti
Title: Annette Facing Front
Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir Tenth Anniversary Edition
Medium: Etching
Date: 1956
Edition: 2000
Frame Size: 19 1/2" x 14 1/4"
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1950s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
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
"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
"Annette, " by Alberto Giacometti
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Annette" is an original black and white lithograph by Alberto Giacometti. It depicts the bust of a nude woman in scratchy lines. Annette was Alberto's wife and frequently modeled fo...
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1960s Minimalist Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
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 (379 x 278 mm). There is p...
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1960s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
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 (379 x 278 mm). There is p...
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1960s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
"L'Arbre" original lithograph
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original color 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 (353 x 263 mm). There is a black and white original Giacometti lithograph...
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1950s Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
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 (379 x 278 mm). There is p...
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1960s 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
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
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
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
Studio with the Stove - Original Etching, 1956
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Paris, FR
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
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
Mother - Original Lithograph, 1956
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Paris, FR
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
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Lithograph
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
The Charcoal Stove - Original Etching, 1956
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Paris, FR
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
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Etching
"Annette, " Original Black and White Lithograph Portrait by Alberto Giacometti
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Annette" is an original black and white lithograph by Alberto Giacometti. It features the nude torso of a woman in an interior.
lithograph in black on Rives wove paper
10" x 7 1/2...
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1960s Modern Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
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
Studio with the Turntable - Original Etching, 1964
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Paris, FR
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
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
SCULPTURES DANS L'ATELIER
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Etching on wove paper. Lust 185. Artwork is in overall excellent condition. White spotting on lower left. Please review images. Certificate...
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1960s Expressionist Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching, Paper
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
"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
Tête d'homme III
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph, on Rives BFK paper, 1964, signed in pencil, numbered on an edition of 75, published by Maeght, Paris, with full margins. - Image size: 11.5 x 13.75 in. (292 x 349 mm.) Sh...
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20th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Nue Debout
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph on paper, signed by the artist, numbered on 75pc - Kornfeld 328 -- Alberto Giacometti's 'Nue Debout' from 1961 is a limited edition lithograph that measures 66 x 50.8 cm. ...
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20th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Femme nue Debout IV - signed
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Original lithograph executed in 1961. Hand signed by the artist. Commissioned by Galerie Maeght for the exhibition catalogue for the second exhibition of Giacometti's Painting and Sc...
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20th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Autoportrait
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph, on BFK wove paper. Signed in pencil 'Alberto Giacometti' (lower right) and numbered ( lower left) - Sheet 65,5 x 50,6 cm - image 53 x 34 cm. Realised in 1963, from the ed...
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20th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Tête d'homme III
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph, on Rives BFK paper, 1964, signed in pencil, numbered on an edition of 75, published by Maeght, Paris, with full margins. - Image size: 11.5 x 13.75 in. (292 x 349 mm.) Sh...
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20th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
L'HOMME QUI MARCHE (WALKING MAN)
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 200 on Arches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity is included. Additional images are available upon request...
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1950s Expressionist Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph, Paper
La mère de l'artiste lisant sous la lampe à Stampa III
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph, signed in pencil lower right: Alberto Giacometti. Image 45 x 36 cm on wove paper by BFK Rives (with the watermark) 66 x 50 cm. Published and printed by Maeght Éditeur, Pa...
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20th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Tête d'homme I
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Original lithograph on paper. Hand signed by the artist in pencil, Edition EA besides the edition of 100 Pc. Lust 102, Maeght nr 229
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20th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
La mère de l'artiste lisant sous la lampe à Stampa II
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph, numbered on an edition of 75. Signed in pencil lower right: Alberto Giacometti. Image 54.5 x 38 cm on wove paper by BFK Rives (with the watermark) 68 x 50 cm. Published a...
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20th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Visage de la mère
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph. EA besides of an edition of 75. Signed in pencil lower right: Alberto Giacometti. Image 8 x 5.5 cm on wove paper by BFK Rives (with the watermark) 65.5 x 48.2 cm. Publish...
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20th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Nu Aux Fleurs
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph on Velin de Rives BFK paper. Plate size 37 x 27.5 cm - Paper size 61.5 x 50.2 cm. - Signed and numbered - Printing and publisher Maeght Éditeur, Paris. Catalogue Raisonné ...
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20th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Dans Le Miroir
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph on wove by BFK Rives. (1964). Ca. 55 x 37 cm (sheet size ca. 68 x 50 cm). A numbered copy from an edition of 75. Signed lower right. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris. Li...
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20th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
La suspension
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph. EA besides an edition of 75 - Signed in pencil lower right: Alberto Giacometti. Image 52.4 x 29.2 cm on wove paper by BFK Rives (with the watermark) 65.3 x 50 cm. Publish...
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20th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Femme Nue Debout avec le bras drout levé - signed
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph on paper - hand signed by the artist - EA - Lust 161 - Kornfeld 343
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20th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Histoire de rats B II
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Etching on wove paper.
Not Signed.
Edition of 210.
Accompanied with a certificate from Composition gallery
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1940s Surrealist Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
Visage de la mère
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph. EA besides of an edition of 75.
Signed in pencil lower right: Alberto Giacometti.
Image 8 x 5.5 cm on wove paper by BFK Rives (with the watermark) 65.5 x 48.2 cm.
Publ...
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1960s Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Dans Le Miroir
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph on wove by BFK Rives. (1964). Ca. 55 x 37 cm (sheet size ca. 68 x 50 cm). A numbered copy from an edition of 75. Signed lower right. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris. Li...
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20th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Nue - Lust 161 signed
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph on paper - hand signed by the artist - EA.
Accompanied with a certificate from Composition gallery
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1960s Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Untitled
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Signed, Edition of EA
Accompanied with a certificate from Composition gallery
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1960s Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
La suspension
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph. EA besides an edition of 75 - Signed in pencil lower right: Alberto Giacometti. Image 52.4 x 29.2 cm on wove paper by BFK Rives (with the watermark) 65.3 x 50 cm. Publish...
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19th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Tête d'homme
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Original lithograph on paper. Hand signed by the artist in pencil, Edition EA besides the edition of 100 Pc.
Accompanied by certificate from Composition gallery
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19th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
La mère de l'artiste lisant sous la lampe à Stampa III
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph, numbered on an edition of 75. Signed in pencil lower right: Alberto Giacometti. Image 54.5 x 38 cm on wove paper by BFK Rives (with the watermark) 68 x 50 cm. Published a...
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19th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
La mère de l'artiste lisant sous la lampe à Stampa I
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph, signed in pencil lower right: Alberto Giacometti. Image 45 x 36 cm on wove paper by BFK Rives (with the watermark) 66 x 50 cm. Published and printed by Maeght Éditeur, Pa...
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19th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Lithograph
Histoire de rats B II
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Etching on wove paper
Edition of 210.
Unsigned
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19th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
Histoire de rats D II
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Etching on wove paper.
Edition of 210.
Unsigned
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19th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
Histoire de rats D
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Etching on wove paper.
Edition of 210.
Unsigned.
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19th Century Contemporary Alberto Giacometti Art
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Etching
Nu Aux Fleurs
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph on Velin de Rives BFK paper. Plate size 37 x 27.5 cm - Paper size 61.5 x 50.2 cm. - Signed and numbered - Printing and publisher Maeght Éditeur, Paris. Catalogue Raisonné ...
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19th Century Contemporary 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 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 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 ExpertFebruary 27, 2024What materials Giacometti used varied. Alberto Giacometti was a painter, printmaker and furniture designer, but he is best known as one of the 20th century’s most important sculptors. When creating his sculptures, he typically used clay or plaster and worked with his hands to form and shape figures. His finished works were then typically cast in bronze. On 1stDibs, explore a selection of Alberto Giacometti art from some of the world's top galleries and dealers.
- 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 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.