[Alberto Giacometti] - Bouvard, Emilie
Reference : 121717
(2022)
ISBN : 9780300263916
Bouvard, Emilie: Alberto Giacometti. Toward the Ultimate Figure. London: 2022. 200 colour illustrations, black and white illustrations. Hardback. 30 x 22cms. This retrospective examines the emergence of Giacometti's distinct figural style through works including a series of walking men, elongated standing women and busts. Rare paintings and drawings from his formative period show the significance of landscape in Giacometti's work, while also revealing the influence of the postimpressionist painters that surrounded his father, the artist Giovanni Giacometti. Inquiring into Giacometti's studio practice, his obsessive focus on depicting the human head, his collaborations with poets and writers and his development of the walking man sculpture.
This retrospective examines the emergence of Giacometti's distinct figural style through works including a series of walking men, elongated standing women and busts. Rare paintings and drawings from his formative period show the significance of landscape in Giacomettis work, while also revealing the influence of the postimpressionist painters that surrounded his father, the artist Giovanni Giacometti. Inquiring into Giacometti's studio practice, his obsessive focus on depicting the human head, his collaborations with poets and writers and his development of the walking man sculpture. Text in English
Carole Aurouet, Henri Soldani, Émilie Bouvard, Claude Debon, Laurence Campa, Laurence Des Cars, Sylphide de Daranyi, Claire Bernardi, Cécile Debray, Cécile Girardot
Reference : 123463
(2016)
ISBN : 207017915X 9782070179152
Gallimard 2016 In-4 cartonné 28,7 cm sur 22,1. 320 pages. Très bon état d’occasion.
Très bon état d’occasion