Alberto Giacometti, Head, 1963, Original Lithograph

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Artist: alberto giacometti (1901-1966), d'après

title: "testa" (head)

year of ideation: 1960
year of print: 1963

in the original passepartout

… Read more Artist: alberto giacometti (1901-1966), d'après

title: "testa" (head)

year of ideation: 1960
year of print: 1963

in the original passepartout

total size: 56 x 45 cm
lithograph size: 26.1 x 21.1 cm

from the edition of 100

embossed seal (timbre-à-sec) by the publisher

signed in the plate

this is an authentic print from 1963, not a later reproduction or giclée.
the present specimen belongs to the special edition of 100 published by einaudi in torino, italy.
numbered 99 in the edition page.

excellent condition, not trimmed, never framed, please see images

from the italian introduction:

one day, before my very eyes, a little girl handed him one of her drawings and, asking for an autograph, handed him a small notebook in exchange. Concerned about matching drawing for drawing, giacometti took the notebook and, without moving from his seat, began to draw in pencil what was before him: the long room in a series of rooms and, at the end, the table with the lamp and the objects therein. For hours he toiled, scratching, puncturing, tearing the sheets of paper, until he achieved, on the smallest space of paper available, the most satisfying result. The little girl, amazed, initially believed he didn't know how to get to the bottom of it, but soon, struck by his concentration, she understood that art could be a game superior to virtuosity. Watching him do everything in his gestures, with restless eye and hand, i dreamed of a giacometti\. Who drew giacometti while he drew.
painting and sculpture, the two parallel and complementary activities, are founded for him on the necessity of drawing. "whether it's painting or sculpture," he states, "what must be said, what i believe, is that ultimately only drawing matters. One must rely solely, exclusively on drawing. If one had a little mastery of drawing, everything else would be possible". This is the profession of faith of the classical tradition, according to which drawing was the common source and basis of all visual acts.
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the listing if for the authentic lithograph as described, in the original passepartout. The picture of the edition number is posted in order to show the limited edition only. This piece has an attribution mark,
i am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity
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