Head of a Man, c. 1945
Tête dʼhomme
The head — perhaps the fragment of a bust — was created by casting the initial clay model using a two-part negative plaster mould (lost mould). Subsequently, Giacometti completely reworked the entire surface by removing plaster.
No subsequent moulds were made from this plaster, meaning that it did not serve as a template for a bronze cast.
- Material
- Plaster
- Dimensions
- 6.6 x 3 x 3.3 cm
- Creditline
- Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, Donated by Bruno and Odette Giacometti, 2006
- Object number
- GS 307
- Provenance
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- Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), ab 2006, Leihgabe
- Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung (Sammlung), 2006, Geschenk
- Bruno und Odette Giacometti, Nachlass
- Alberto Giacometti