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Alberto Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti

1901–1966

WA-00002663

SculptureSurrealismFiguration

Representation

None documented

73

Institutional Exhibitions

237

Works in Collection

469

Assets Indexed

8

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The Cubist Imprint

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Iliazd and the Illustrated Book

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Sculptors' Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Masterpieces from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1982–1983

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Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Thirty Sculptors' Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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The James Thrall Soby Bequest

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

Field Verification (6 fields)

4 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Gallery Gagosian· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Gallery Gagosian· 85%✓
Death yearGallery Gagosian· 80%✓
DeceasedGallery Gagosian· 80%✓
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/alberto-giacometti
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/alberto-giacometti
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Gagosianhttps://gagosian.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2141
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Alberto Giacometti yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Barbican Centre Rijksmuseum

Canonical record

Artworks (237)

Figures in the Studio

Figures in the Studio

1968 · Etching on white wove paper

Image: 37.1 × 26.3 cm (14 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Plate: 41.1 × 29.3 cm (16 3/16 × 11 9/16 in.); Sheet: 50.9 × 35.7 cm (20 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate (folio 22) from Hommage à Roger Lacourière

Plate (folio 22) from Hommage à Roger Lacourière

1968 · Etching from an illustrated book with twelve etchings (two with aquatint, two with drypoint, one with aquatint and drypoint) and one drypoint

plate: 7 × 5 1/16" (17.8 × 12.9 cm); page: 9 1/4 × 11 7/16" (23.5 × 29 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1967 · Illustrated book with six etchings

page 10 13/16 x 8 1/4" (27 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Caroline

1965 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1302 x 813 mm frame: 1325 x 832 x 52 mm

Caroline

1965 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1295 x 806 mm frame: 1320 x 824 x 51 mm

The Tree, from Feuilles éparses

The Tree, from Feuilles éparses

1965 · Etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 16.5 × 12 cm (6 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 20.4 cm (10 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

In the Studio, from Paroles Peintes

In the Studio, from Paroles Peintes

1965 · Etching on white wove paper

Image: 21.1 × 16.4 cm (8 5/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Plate: 25.5 × 19.5 cm (10 1/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Sheet: 38 × 27.5 cm (15 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View from the Bed, with Lampshade

View from the Bed, with Lampshade

1965 · Etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 41.7 × 31.5 cm (16 7/16 × 12 7/16 in.); Sheet: 56.5 × 44.8 cm (22 1/4 × 17 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sculptures

1965 · Etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 41.5 × 31.5 cm (16 3/8 × 12 7/16 in.); Sheet: 56.3 × 45 cm (22 3/16 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Studio with the Easel

Studio with the Easel

1965 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 41.4 × 31.3 cm (16 5/16 × 12 3/8 in.); Sheet: 56.5 × 45.3 cm (22 1/4 × 17 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Alarm Clock

The Alarm Clock

1965 · Etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 41.5 × 31.6 cm (16 3/8 × 12 1/2 in.); Sheet: 56.2 × 45.1 cm (22 3/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1965 · Ballpoint pen on paper

10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (26.9 x 20.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1965 · Illustrated book with four aquatints

ea. plate 8 3/4 x 6 1/2" (22.2 x 16.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece from Feuilles éparses

Frontispiece from Feuilles éparses

1965 · Etching from an illustrated book with nine etchings (two with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint), two engravings, one aquatint, one drypoint, and one woodcut

plate: 6 9/16 × 4 3/4" (16.6 × 12 cm); page: 9 7/16 × 7 7/8" (24 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Chiavenna Bust I

Chiavenna Bust I

object: 410 x 197 x 152 mm, 5.2 kg

Stampa

1964 · Lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 44.8 × 40 cm (17 11/16 × 15 3/4 in.); Sheet: 65.4 × 48 cm (25 3/4 × 18 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Artist's Mother Reading III

The Artist's Mother Reading III

1964 · Lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 44.7 × 36.4 cm (17 5/8 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 65.8 × 50 cm (25 15/16 × 19 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Artist's Mother at the Window

The Artist's Mother at the Window

1964 · Lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 44.7 × 36.4 cm (17 5/8 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 65.8 × 50 cm (25 15/16 × 19 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape with Trees

Landscape with Trees

1964 · Lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 35 × 38 cm (13 13/16 × 15 in.); Sheet: 65.6 × 47.8 cm (25 7/8 × 18 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of René Char

Portrait of René Char

1964 · Graphite with erasing, and traces of black pencil, on ivory wove paper

56.6 × 38.2 cm (22 5/16 × 15 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

In the Mirror

1964 · Lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 56 × 37.5 cm (22 1/16 × 14 13/16 in.); Sheet: 68 × 50.3 cm (26 13/16 × 19 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Studio and Annette, from La Double Vue

Studio and Annette, from La Double Vue

1964 · Two etchings from two plates on cream wove paper

Image/plate, left: 25.5 × 19.5 cm (10 1/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Image, right: 23 × 18.5 cm (9 1/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Plate, right: 25.5 × 19.5 cm (10 1/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Sheet: 28 × 43.9 cm (11 1/16 × 17 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Diego

1964 · Lithograph

composition: 23 1/8 x 17 3/4" (58.8 x 45.1 cm); sheet: 23 11/16 x 19 7/8" (60.2 x 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1964 · Etching

plate: 10 1/8 x 7 15/16" (25.7 x 20.1cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 15/16" (29 x 22.7cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (6)

237 published of 362 catalogued · 254 with image

MoMA
123 publishedof 248 catalogued149 img
Art Institute Chicago
82 published82 img
Tate
21 published21 img
The Met
7 published
Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Zittend vrouwelijk naakt van voren gezien
1961 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Zittend vrouwelijk naakt naar rechts
1961 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sculptures in the Studio
1964 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Young Woman
1955 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

97 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Walking Man II (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Walking Man II (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Walking Man II (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Walking Man II (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Walking Man II (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Walking Man II (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Walking Man II (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

14

Influence1

Francis Baconinfluence

Peers & Context2

Amedeo ModiglianicontemporaryConstantin Brancusicontemporary

Movements2

Surrealism Figuration

Collections9

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Barbican Centre

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Represented by

Gagosian

Current

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

Barbican Centre

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

Barbican Centre

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Network

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