Alberto GiacomettiSuisse, 1901–1966Georges Bataille
Peut-on la contempler ?
Elle ne reçoit pas en ce moment
Museum of Modern Art
New York, États-Unis
Elle appartient à la collection, mais n’est pas présentée en ce moment.
- Vérifié
- Source
- Le musée
Notice
- Numéro d’inventaire
- 330.1948
Au catalogue
Sources
- Museum of Modern Art
- Image : Museum of Modern Art — © the artist or rights holder
Pendant ce temps, chez Alberto Giacometti
La vie entière1940s
The war: refuge in Switzerland
He spent the years of the Second World War in Switzerland, living in Geneva.
1946
Meets Annette Arm
In Switzerland in 1946 Giacometti met Annette Arm, a secretary for the Red Cross; they married on 19 July 1949.
1949
Married: Annette Giacometti
c. 1949
After the wedding the figures grow, yet grow thinner
After his marriage his tiny sculptures became larger, but the larger they grew, the thinner they became; for the rest of his life Annette was his main female model. His paintings changed in parallel: continually reworked, the figures appear isolated and severely attenuated.
