Fondation Giacometti -  [Bust of a Man]
Fondation Giacometti -  [Bust of a Man]
Fondation Giacometti -  [Bust of a Man]
AGD 568

[Bust of a Man]

Date 1956

Medium Bronze

Dimensions 13,81 x 12,12 x 3,89 in.

Edition number 1/8

Foundry Susse Fondeur

Cast 2006

Collection Private collection

Inscription

Signature engraved on the back, left "A.Giacometti"
Cast number engraved on the back, left "1/8"

Provenance

Fondation Giacometti
Private collection

Exhibition history

2007 Living, looking, making, London (United Kingdom), Gagosian Gallery, from March 27th to May 19th 2007
2008 Isabel and Other Intimate Strangers. Portraits by Alberto Giacometti and Francis Bacon, New York, NY (United States Of America), Gagosian Gallery, from November 3rd to December 13th 2008
2010 Crossing the Channel. Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Alberto Giacometti, London (United Kingdom), Gagosian Gallery, from June 1st to July 31st 2010

Bibliography

Living, Looking, Making. Giacometti, Fontana, Twombly, Serra, London : Gagosian Gallery, 2007, cat. no. s. n., p. 32, 105, ill. p. 33, 105
Véronique WIESINGER, Valentina CASTELLANI, John GOOD, Andrea CRANE (under the direction of), Alberto Giacometti. Francis Bacon, New York, NY : Gagosian Gallery, 2008, p. 143, 257, ill. p. 143, 257
Pilar ORDOVAS, Crossing the Channel. Friendship and Connections in Paris and London 1946-1965, New York, NY : Gagosian Gallery, 2010, p. 78-79, 85, ill. p. 53, 79, 85

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