Artist:

Alberto Giacometti, Swiss, b. Borgonovo, 1901–1966  Search this

Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

79 1/4 × 8 3/8 × 16 5/8 in. (201.2 × 21.1 × 42.2 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1947)/(cast 1956)

Provenance:

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, to 1957

Exhibition History:

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966," 15 September-13 November 1988, no. 38, p. 132, ill. p. 133. TOUR: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 15 December 1988-5 February 1989.

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Alberto Giacometti," 10 October 2001-8 January 2002.

Published References:

GRISWOLD, WILLIAM M. et al. "Pierre Matisse and His Artists" (New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 2001), p. 64.

UNSIGNED. "Gyroscope: Fall 2005," (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2005), fig. 2. [exhibition brochure]

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Accession Number:

66.2031

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School:

Surrealism (European)/Postwar European

On View:

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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