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Alberto Giacometti
Description
- Alberto Giacometti
- Atelier I
- Signed and dated Alberto Giacometti 1950 (lower right)
- oil on canvas
- 25 3/4 by 18 1/8 in.
- 65.2 by 46 cm
Provenance
Private Colletion, USA (acquired from the above circa 1960)
Sale: Christie's, New York, November 6, 2007, lot 4
Acquired at the above sale
Exhibited
Condition
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Catalogue Note
Giacometti once quipped that only Francis Bacon had a messier studio than he did, perhaps indicative of a certain pride that he may have taken in his own permissive disorderliness. Yet, there are obvious elements of staging in these compositions that remind us of the artist's overall control of his environment. We can see this in the present work, where a few strategically placed apples appear to the right of sculptural head to balance the composition. The tension between order and disorder is at the heart of these compositions, and Giacometti's painting captures the beauty created by these forces in opposition.