Alberto GiacomettiSwiss, 1901–1966Head
May one see it?
No: it was stolen and is being sought
Listed in the FBI's National Stolen Art File under no. 00380.
- Checked
- · Reported
- In this state since
- Source
- A register of stolen art
About the painting
Black and brown oil on light canvas, depicting the head of a male. Painting is framed in wood, brown with red highlights and has a sticker from gallery on back as well as the artist's initials "A.G.".
Particulars
In the catalog
Sources
- The FBI's National Stolen Art File
- Image: FBI National Stolen Art File
Meanwhile, in the life of Alberto Giacometti
The whole life1958
Commission for the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York
In 1958 he was asked to create a monumental sculpture for the Chase Manhattan Bank building then going up. He had long harboured an ambition to make work for a public square, but according to his biographer James Lord he had never set foot in New York or laid eyes on an actual skyscraper.
11 July 1959 – 11 October 1959
Exhibition: Documenta II
1962
Grand prize for sculpture at the Venice Biennale
In 1962 Giacometti was awarded the grand prize for sculpture at the Venice Biennale, which brought him worldwide fame. Even after reaching popularity he went on reworking his models, often destroying them or setting them aside to return to years later.
