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Plate size: 10 X 7.7 inches. Unsigned, printed from the cancelled plate on heavy, felt-finish cream wove Arches paper, 18 X 14 inch sheet. Catalog raisonne reference: 187. Published by The Collector's Guild, New York, 1976. Fine condition. Free shipping to US address. (219365 sff-f-lf) Note: This classic etching was originally published with the title "Dans l'Atelier" in the portfolio "Paroles Peintes, II", Edition O. Lazar-Vernet, Paris, 1965 in an edition edition 200 after which the plate was cancelled with two diagonal lines in the lower left corner. in 1975, The Collector's Guild purchased the cancelled plate & printed an edition of about 1000 from it, all of remarkably high quality. Note: Alberto Giacometti (10 October 1901 - 11 January 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman & printmaker. Beginning in 1922, he lived & worked mainly in Paris but regularly visited his hometown Borgonovo to see his family & work on his art. Giacometti was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. His work was particularly influenced by artistic styles such as Cubism & Surrealism. Philosophical questions about the human condition, as well as existential & phenomenological debates played a significant role in his work. Around 1935 he gave up on his Surrealist influences in order to pursue a more deepened analysis of figurative compositions. Giacometti wrote texts for periodicals & exhibition catalogues & recorded his thoughts & memories in notebooks & diaries. His critical nature led to self-doubt about his own work & his self-perceived inability to do justice to his own artistic vision. His insecurities nevertheless remained a powerful motivating artistic force throughout his entire life. Between 1938 & 1944 Giacometti's sculptures had a maximum height of seven centimeters (2.75 inches). Their small size reflected the actual distance between the artist's position & his model. in this context he self-critically stated: "But wanting to create from memory what I had seen, to my terror the sculptures became smaller & smaller". After World War II, Giacometti created his most famous sculptures: his extremely tall & slender figurines. These sculptures were subject to his individual viewing experiencebetween an imaginary yet real, a tangible yet inaccessible space. in Giacometti's whole body of work, his painting constitutes only a small part. After 1957, however, his figurative paintings were equally as present as his sculptures. His almost monochromatic paintings of his late work do not refer to any other artistic styles of modernity. (source: wikipedia.org) Alberto Giacometti | Italian, 1901-1966, "The Search | Dans L'atelier", 1965, Original Etching
