Alberto Giacometti : toward the ultimate figure
(Book)

"Fondation-Giacometti."

"Published on the occassion of the exhibition: Albert Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure, on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art from March 12 to June 12, 2022; the Seattle Art Museum from July 14 to October 9, 2022; the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, from November 13 to February 12, 2023; and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, from March 19 to June 18, 2023"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235).

"This lavishly illustrated retrospective traces the early and midcareer development of the preeminent Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), examining the emergence of his distinct figural style through works including a series of walking men, elongated standing women, and numerous busts. Rare paintings and drawings from his formative period show the significance of landscape in Giacometti's work, while also revealing the influence of the postimpressionist painters that surrounded his father, the artist Giovanni Giacometti. Other areas of inquiry on which Alberto Giacometti casts new light are his studio practice--amply illustrated with photographs--his obsessive focus on depicting the human head, his collaborations with poets and writers, and his development of the walking man sculpture, thanks to numerous drawings, many of which have never been shown. Original essays by modern art and Giacometti specialists shed new light on era-defining sculptural masterpieces, including the Walking Man, the Nose, and the Chariot, or on key aspects of his work, such as the significance of surrealism, his drawing practice, or the question of space."

Some texts translated from the French.