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Materials:
bronze
Measurements:
72.05 in. (183.00 cm.) (height)
Edition:
2 of 6 plus 4 artist's proofs
Description:
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Markings:
inscribed Alberto Giacometti, numbered 2/6 and with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris
Exhibited:
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture by Giacometti and Dubuffet, 1968, no. 13, illustrated in the catalogue (titled Great Walking Figure) New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Giacometti, 1976, no. 16, illustrated in the catalogue New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Masters in 20th Century Art, 1979 Dresdner Bank, Frankfurt (on public display from circa 1980 until 2009) Frankfurt, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Szenenwechsel XIV, 1998-99, no. 334, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Berlin, Kunsthalle Koidl, Kunstsammlung Dresdner Bank, 2008, illustrated in colour in the catalogue.
Literature:
Carlo Huber, Alberto Giacometti, Zurich, 1970, illustration of another cast p. 71 Axel Matthes (ed.), Louis Aragon mit anderen, Wege zu Giacometti, Munich, 1987, no. 11, illustration of another cast p. 53 Herbert & Mercedes Matter, Giacometti, New York, 1987, illustration of another cast p. 150 Tahar Ben Jelloun, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1991, illustration of another cast p. 3 Yves Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti, biographie d'une œuvre, Paris, 1991, no. 390, illustration of another cast p. 409 Ernst Scheidegger, Traces d'une amitié, Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1991, illustration of another cast p. 146 Andreas Bee, Zehn Jahre Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, 2003, illustrated in colour p. 334 Behind the Mirror: Aimé Maeght and his Artists (exhibition catalogue), Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2008-09, illustration of the cast in the Fondation Maeght p. 131. 'Walking Man I stands as a symbol of humanity always striving, ever seeking'. Valerie J. Fletcher.
Provenance:
Galerie Maeght, Paris (acquired from the artist) Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in December 1961) Mr & Mrs Isidore M. Cohen, New York (acquired in 1962) Dr Milton Ratner, New York Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (acquired in 1980) Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt (acquired from the above in 1980) Acquired from the above by the present owner.