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Additional authors

1. Fritsch, Lena
2. Morris, Frances
3. Grenier, Catherine
4. Lecuyer, Mathilde
5. Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966
6. Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966
7. Tate Modern (Gallery), organizer, host institution
8. Fondation Giacometti (Paris, France), organizer
9. Tate Publishing (London, England), publisher

Description

1. 304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 27 cm

Summary

1. Alberto Giacometti is one of the few artists of the last century whose work is almost more recognisable than his name. His distinctive elongated figures are inescapably associated with the post-war climate of existentialist despair. However, the story of Giacometti's evolution, from his first professional works of art through his surrealist compositions, to the emergence of his mature style has rarely been explored fully and in depth. This comprehensive overview of Giacometti's career focuses on the art, the people and the events that influenced him, and on the original and experimental way in which he approached and developed his work. An illustrated glossary of texts on his life and work is accompanied by a plate section of strikingly beautiful illustrations of his sculptures, paintings and drawings as well as sketchbooks, decorative works and photographs from the Foundation Alberto et Annette Giacometti archive some of which have never been published before.

Subject

1. Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966 -- Exhibitions. - [Browse in index]
2. Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Exhibitions. - [Browse in index]
3. Sculpture, Swiss -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. - [Browse in index]
4. Sculpture, Abstract -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. - [Browse in index]
5. Sculpture -- France -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. - [Browse in index]

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs.
2. Photobooks.

Call number

1. JQF 17-2336

Language

1. English

Note

1. Published to accompany exhibition held at Tate Modern, London, 10 May - 10 September 2017.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

1. Text in English, with translations from the French and Italian.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Event

1. "Giacometti" : May 10-September 10, 2017, The Eyal Ofer Galleries, Tate Modern, London, England, United Kingdom.

Place of publication

1. United Kingdom England London.

Added author

1. Fritsch, Lena, editor.
2. Morris, Frances, editor.
3. Grenier, Catherine, editor.
4. Lecuyer, Mathilde, editor.
5. Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966, artist.
6. Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966. Works. Selections.
7. Tate Modern (Gallery), organizer, host institution.
8. Fondation Giacometti (Paris, France), organizer.
9. Tate Publishing (London, England), publisher.

ISBN

1. 9781849765046 (hardback)
2. 1849765049 (hardback)
3. 9781849764605 (paperback)
4. 1849764603 (paperback)