Portrait of Nelda, 1964
Portrait de Nelda
The portrait shows Nelda Negrini from Stampa, who modelled for three paintings by Giacometti. Her mother was a cousin of Alberto’s, while her grandmother was a dressmaker who sewed clothes for the Giacometti boys. Her brother worked as a cook at the Kronenhalle restaurant in Zurich.
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 54.5 x 46 cm
- Creditline
- Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, Donated by the artist, 1965
- Object number
- GS 075
- Provenance
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- ab 1965, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, Leihgabe
- ab 1965, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, Geschenk
- Alberto Giacometti (*1901 Borgonovo bei Stampa, +1966 Chur) (Künstler/-in)