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Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1972.16
People: Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (Borgonovo, Switzerland 1901 - 1966 Chur, Switzerland)
Title: Head
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1947
Culture: Swiss
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/296297

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red and brown oil and white gouache on cream wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 50.9 x 28.8 cm (20 1/16 x 11 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: brown ink, l.r.: A Giacometti 47

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, 1955, partial gift; to Fogg Art Museums, 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: 1972.16
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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. 41, fig. 61 (color), pp. 173, 197 note 27, 312, 371, 375

Exhibition History

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

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1972.16: Head