Giacometti art

James Lord

Although Alberto Giacometti is most often remembered for his towering statues and landscape paintings, the artist began every new project with a sketch. Preferring either a ballpoint pen or pencil, he referred to the act of drawing as the “basis” for all of his artworks. In Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure—the extensive retrospective which …

Alberto Giacometti. The Artist's Mother. 1950. Oil on canvas. 35 3/8 x 24" (89.9 x 61 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange). 15.1953. © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Painting and Sculpture

Drawing made from a bronze that I saw in a retrospective in Montreal.

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