Alberto GiacomettiSwiss, 1901–1966Sculptures
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1972.1019
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Alberto Giacometti
The whole life28 June 1964 – 6 October 1964
Exhibition: Documenta III
1965
Exhibition at MoMA: a trip to the United States
Despite his declining health, in 1965 Giacometti travelled to the United States for an exhibition of his work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
11 January 1966
Dies at the cantonal hospital in Chur
He died of heart disease (pericarditis) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; his body was returned to Borgonovo and interred close to his parents. His last work was the text he prepared for the book Paris sans fin, a sequence of 150 lithographs containing memories of all the places where he had lived.
11 January 1966
Died
