Loeb: Regards sur la peinture
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss, 1901–1966
(1950)
An etching in which Giacometti uses spare, nervous lines to render elongated figures and disembodied heads, trying to capture the fragile presence of the human figure and the act of seeing.
You notice first the sketchlike, restless strokes that carve thin standing figures and three isolated heads across a shallow ledge, the surrounding emptiness amplifying a sense of distance and unease.
The print translates the spatial tension and existential concerns of Giacometti’s sculpture into line on paper, helping shape postwar approaches to figuration, perception, and mise‑en‑scène.
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 7 5/8 x 5 7/16" (19.4 x 13.8 cm)
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Department
Credit
Purchase
Accession
236.1951.3
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