Research Catalog

From Kirchner's morphine to a passion for Giacometti : encounters with two dear friends of Alberto Giacometti

Title
From Kirchner's morphine to a passion for Giacometti : encounters with two dear friends of Alberto Giacometti / Renato Bergamin ; with a prolog of James Lord and an epilog of Iso Camartin ; translation German-English: Selene States.
Author
Bergamin, Renato, 1963-
Publication
  • Zurich : Benteli, [2017]
  • ©2017

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
TextUse in library NB853.G3 B4713 2017Off-site

Details

Additional Authors
  • Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966.
  • Camartin, Iso, 1944-
  • Lord, James.
  • States, Selene
Description
117 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 22 cm
Summary
In this volume Renato Bergamin tells about a very personal approach to the two great artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Alberto Giacometti. By chance, he met the art patron and gallery owner Eberhard W. Kornfeld in 1984 and twelve years later the photographer and publisher Ernst Scheidegger who both gave him a very unique and personal insight into the art of the 20th century. In many conversations and during what he described as "unforgettable encounters" with both of them, the author was given unparalleled impressions about the dimensions and atmosphere of a thrilling bygone art scene. 0Born 1923, Eberhard W. Kornfeld was in direct contact with key artists of the 20th century and befriended many of them, becoming friends with Giacometti in 1948. To this day he also has a very special relationship to the works of Kirchner, which constitute an important focal area of his private collection. Ernst Scheidegger, who passed away in February 2016, already met Giacometti in 1943. This resulted in a lifelong friendship and the most comprehensive photographic documentation of his life and work.
Uniform Title
Über Giacometti reden. English
Alternative Title
Über Giacometti reden.
Subject
  • Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966 > Friends and associates
  • Kornfeld, Eberhard W. > Friends and associates
  • Scheidegger, Ernst > Friends and associates
  • Bergamin, Renato, 1963- > Friends and associates
  • Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966
  • Kornfeld, Eberhard W
  • Scheidegger, Ernst
  • Friendship
ISBN
  • 9783716518243
  • 3716518247
LCCN
9783716518243
OCLC
  • ocn965201323
  • 965201323
  • SCSB-1865441
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library