Artist:

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

Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

17 1/2 × 38 1/8 × 6 1/4 in. (44.2 × 96.8 × 15.7 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1951)/(cast 1957)

Provenance:

Jh Purchased From Matisse Gallery, Pierre, New York 1958

Exhibition History:

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966," 15 September-13 November 1988, no. 59, ill. p. 165. TOUR: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 15 December 1988-5 February 1989.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection," 9 June 2016-6 August 2017, no cat.

Published References:

OTTANI CAVINA, ANNA. Una panchina a Manhattan: Nuove geografie dell'arte (Milan: Adelphi, 2019), fig. 129 (color).

AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 84, p. 104.

Credit Line:

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

Accession Number:

66.2038

See more items in:

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:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2f7ee3809-8e4c-46be-a1eb-9692185af9b4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_66.2038