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Alberto Giacometti
~The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the
same intensity.
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• Alberto Giacometti was born in Borgonovo, Switzerland, on October 10, 1901. His father was a post-impressionist painter and sculptor.
• In the 1930’s, Alberto Giacometti generally sculpted non-objective, abstract works.
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•He later began sculpting human figures with little physical features that appear solitary and alienated.
•Giacometti’s work became famous after a philosopher, Jean Paul Sartre, analyzed it. He was dedicated to solving “the mystery of human existence.”
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• In 1922 he moved to Paris at the Ecole de la Grande Chaumiére, under the sculptor Bourdelle.
• Later he studied in Archipenko's circle at the School of Arts and Crafts in Geneva.
• Much of his work is elongated figures with rough surfaces.
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•In 1965. he was awarded the Grand Prix National des Arts by the French government.
•In 1966 on January 11 he pasted away in Chur.
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The Chariot
1950Painted bronze 56-1/4 x 24-1/4 x 27 inches (142.9 x 61.6 x 68.6 cm)
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Le Chien
Bronze1951 17 1/2 x 38 1/8 x 6 1/4 in. (44.2 x 96.8 x 15.7 cm.)
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The Couple
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Spoon Woman
• 1926. Bronze, 56 5/8 x 20 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
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Woman With Her Throat Cut• 1932 (cast 1940). Bronze, 23.2 x 89 cm. Peggy
Guggenheim Collection.
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Grand Woman IV
1960
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Galerie Patrice Trigano
Alberto Giacometti 1949 Sculptures Bronze, light and dark brown patina h: 22.9 cm / h: 9 in
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Large Standing Woman I
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Femme
• Standing Woman (“Leoni”) 1947 (cast November 1957). Bronze, 153 cm
Debout
high, including base.
Peggy Guggenheim
Collection.
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Woman With Broken
Shoulder
• (Femme, Épaule Cassée), 1958/59
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Nose
• 1947, cast 1965. Bronze, wire, rope, and steel, 31 7/8 x 38 3/8 x 15 1/2 inches overall. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
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Piazza
• 1947–48 (cast 1948–49). Bronze, 21 x 62.5 x 42.8 cm. Peggy Guggenheim Collection
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Three Men Walking II
• 1949 Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901–1966) Bronze; 30 1/8 x 13 x 12 3/4 in. (76.5 x 33 x 32.4 cm) Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection
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Walking Man II
• Swiss, 1901 - 19661960 bronze, 188.5 x 27.9 x 110.7 cm (74 1/4 x 11 x 43 5/8 in.) Gift of Enid A. Haupt
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Tête Buste de Diego
• Swiss (Borgonova, Switzerland, 1901 - 1966, Chur, Switzerland) (Trois Quarts et Profil) 195723 7/8 in. x 9 3/4 in.
x 6 3/8 in. (60.64 cm x 24.77 cm x 16.19 cm)bronze Collection SFMOMA
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Diego
• 1953. Oil on canvas, 39 1/2 x 31 3/4 inches. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
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Works Cited
• http://apo.cmaisonneuve.qc.ca/villanova/giacometti/images/chien.jpg
• http://www.artchive.com/graphics/couple.jpg• http://www.staatsgalerie.de/media/sammlungen
/gem/n45_giacometti_l.jpg• http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/texas/housto
n/cullensc/giacometti.jpg• http://windshoes.new21.org/art-gallery/giacome
tti/alberto%20giacometti.1961.jpg• http://www.artchive.com/artchive/G/giacometti.h
tml• http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/
artist_works_51_0.html• http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/
hi_giacomettialberto.htm• http://www.staedelmuseum.de/index.php?
id=393• http://www.tau.ac.il/arts/projects/PUB/assaph-
art/assaph5/articles_assaph5/Markus.pdf• http://hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/search.asp?
Artist=Alberto+Giacometti&Title=&Date=&Nationality=&School=&OnView=1&ViewMode=
• http://www.walkerart.org/education/aom/99jan/