1972.15: Female Nude in Studio

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1972.15

People

Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (Borgonovo, Switzerland 1901 - 1966 Chur, Switzerland)

Title

Female Nude in Studio

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1942

Culture

Swiss

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/295918

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper, darkened

Dimensions

actual: 32.7 x 24.3 cm (12 7/8 x 9 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.r.: 1942 / Alberto Giacometti
• inscription: verso, center, graphite: 9 1/2 x 12 1/4
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 780/x

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to [Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, partial gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

NOTE: A donation from Graham Gund was used to complete this acquisition. See Orswell catalogue p. 304 and p. 312.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell and Graham Gund

Copyright

© Alberto Giacometti Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Accession Year

1972

Object Number

1972.15

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 40, fig. 79 (color), pp. 173, 312, 371, 376

Exhibition History

• Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

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