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Alberto Giacometti : toward the ultimate figure

Title
Alberto Giacometti : toward the ultimate figure / edited by Émilie Bouvard ; essays by Serena Bucalo-Mussely [and 7 others].
Publication
  • Cleveland, Ohio : The Cleveland Museum of Art, [2022]
  • New Haven, Connecticut ; London, England : Yale University Press, [2022]
  • Barcelona, Spain : SYL L'Art Gràfic Premium
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
  • Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966
  • Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966.
  • Bouvard, Emilie
  • Bucalo-Mussely, Serena
  • Manchanda, Catharina
  • Grenier, Catherine
  • Robinson, William H., 1955-
  • Rudolph, William Keyse
  • Daniel, Hugo (Art museum curator)
  • Perrin, Romain
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution
  • Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, organizer
  • Seattle Art Museum, host institution
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution
  • Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, host institution
Description
240 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimiles, photographs; 32 cm
Summary
"This lavishly illustrated retrospective traces the early and midcareer development of the preeminent Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), examining the emergence of his distinct figural style through works including a series of walking men, elongated standing women, and numerous 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. Other areas of inquiry on which Alberto Giacometti casts new light are his studio practice--amply illustrated with photographs--his obsessive focus on depicting the human head, his collaborations with poets and writers, and his development of the walking man sculpture, thanks to numerous drawings, many of which have never been shown. Original essays by modern art and Giacometti specialists shed new light on era-defining sculptural masterpieces, including the Walking Man, the Nose, and the Chariot, or on key aspects of his work, such as the significance of surrealism, his drawing practice, or the question of space."
Uniform Title
Alberto Giacometti (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Alternative Title
Toward the ultimate figure
Subject
  • Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966 > Exhibitions
  • Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966 > Themes, motives
  • Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966
  • Cleveland Museum of Art > Exhibitions > 21st century
  • Sculpture, Modern > Exhibitions
  • Sculpture, Swiss > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Figure sculpture > 20th century > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Essays.
  • Illustrated works.
Note
  • "Published on the occassion of the exhibition: Albert Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure, on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art from March 12 to June 12, 2022; the Seattle Art Museum from July 14 to October 9, 2022; the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, from November 13 to February 12, 2023; and the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, from March 19 to June 18, 2023"--Title page verso.
  • "Fondation-Giacometti".
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 233-235).
Language (note)
  • Text in English, with some texts translated from the French.
Exhibitions (note)
  • "Albert Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure" : March 12-June 12, 2022, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
  • "Albert Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure" : July 14-October 9, 2022, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, United States.
  • "Albert Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure" : November 13, 2022-February 12, 2023, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas, United States.
  • "Albert Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure" : March 19-June 18, 2023, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
Contents
Fondation Giaciometti Foreword -- Director's Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Alberto Giacometti, to the US and back / Émilie Bouvard -- Force fields / Serena Bucalo-Mussely and Catharina Manchanda -- Walking Man / Catherine Grenier -- The Nose: the surrealist background, between Breton and Sartre / William H. Robinson -- The Chariot: vaying meanings / William Keyse Rudolph -- The all-consuming drawing practice of Alberto Giacometti / Hugo Daniel -- Plates -- Stampa: A Family of Artists / Ann Dumas -- Paris: Life in a Studio in Montparnasse / Romain Perrin -- Into Thin Air / Romain Perrin -- The Artist, the Wife, and the Brother / Romain Perrin -- Other Spaces : Landscapes / Romain Perrin -- Poets, Writers, and Books / Romain Perrin -- Grappling with the Real / Romain Perrin -- Walking Man, Standing Woman / Romain Perrin -- Chronology -- Checklist of the Exhibition -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors and Fondation Giacometti -- Boards of Trustees.
Call Number
JQG 22-838
ISBN
  • 9780300263916
  • 0300263910
LCCN
2021921701
OCLC
1262193535
Title
Alberto Giacometti : toward the ultimate figure / edited by Émilie Bouvard ; essays by Serena Bucalo-Mussely [and 7 others].
Publisher
Cleveland, Ohio : The Cleveland Museum of Art, [2022]
Distributor
New Haven, Connecticut ; London, England : Yale University Press, [2022]
Manufacturer
Barcelona, Spain : SYL L'Art Gràfic Premium
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 233-235).
Language
Text in English, with some texts translated from the French.
Exhibitions
"Albert Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure" : March 12-June 12, 2022, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
"Albert Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure" : July 14-October 9, 2022, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, United States.
"Albert Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure" : November 13, 2022-February 12, 2023, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas, United States.
"Albert Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure" : March 19-June 18, 2023, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
Place of Publication
United States Ohio Cleveland.
Added Author
Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966, artist, sculptor.
Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966. Works. Selections.
Bouvard, Emilie, editor, writer of introduction.
Bucalo-Mussely, Serena, author.
Manchanda, Catharina, author.
Grenier, Catherine, author.
Robinson, William H., 1955- author.
Rudolph, William Keyse, author.
Daniel, Hugo (Art museum curator), author.
Perrin, Romain, contributor.
Cleveland Museum of Art, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.
Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, organizer.
Seattle Art Museum, host institution.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQG 22-838
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