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Alberto Giacometti: A Line Through Time
23 April – 29 August 2016
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (Norwich, UK)
Works of art intended to form part of a forthcoming exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre for
Visual Arts that may be covered by immunity from seizure are listed below.
Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 provides immunity from seizure
for cultural objects which are loaned from overseas to temporary public exhibitions in
approved museums or galleries in the UK where conditions are met when the object
enters the UK.
The conditions are:
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The object is usually kept outside the UK
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The object is not owned by a person who is resident in UK
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Importing the object does not contravene any law
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The object is brought into UK for the purpose of a temporary public exhibition at an
approved museum or gallery
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The museum or gallery has published information about the object.
All works currently being proposed for or covered by immunity from seizure in the UK
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Immunity from seizure Director’s Office
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Alberto Giacometti: A Line Through Time, 23 April – 29 August 2016
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (Norwich, UK)
All below works are to be lent by: Fondation Beyeler
Lender’s name and address:
Fondation Beyeler
Baselstrasse 101
CH-4125 Riehen / Basel
SWITZERLAND
Protection under the Act is sought for the objects listed below:
SCVA No Ref Number: GIA017
Giacometti, Alberto, Self-Portrait
1920
Oil on canvas
Object dimensions: 410mm x 300mm
Accession number: Inv.10.2
Ownership between 1933-1945: Note that this object does not have a complete history of
ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.
Provenance:
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The artist
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Thereafter Stephan Willareth, Basel, no record of the date could be found.
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Beyeler Stiftung, Basel (since 2003)
Publication and exhibition history:
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Альберто Джакометти, 1901-1966 : Скульптура,. Живопись, Грaфиka [= Alberto
Giacometti, 1901- 1966 : sculpture, painting, graphic], The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts,
Moskau, 17 Sep - 23 Nov 2008; State Hermitage Museum, Sankt Petersburg, 5 Dec. 2008- 8 Feb
2009, image, p. 23.
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Giacometti, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, 31 Mai - 11 Oct 2009, Cat.no. 20, image, p. 50.
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Giacometti & Maeght : 1946-1966, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 27 Jun - 31 Oct.
2010, Cat.no. 13, image,p. 45.
SCVA No Ref Number: GIA019
Giacometti, Alberto, Self-Portrait
La Rue (Angle de LA rue Hippolyte-Maindron e de la Rue du Moulin-Vert)
1952
Oil on canvas
Object dimensions: 730mm x 540mm x 20mm
Accession number: Inv.63.2
Ownership between 1933-1945: Not created until 1952.
Provenance:
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The artist
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1962 Gustav Zumsteg, Zürich
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Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d’Italia
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1963 Galerie Beyeler, Basel [Karteikarte]
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Beyeler Stiftung, Basel
Publication and exhibition history:
Exhibited:
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Maîtres de l'art moderne, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Aug-Oct.1956, Cat.-No. 32 (no image).
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Alberto Giacometti : Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings 1913-1965, Tate Gallery, London, 17
July-30 Aug. 1965, Cat.no. 119.
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Giacometti-udstillingen, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, 17 Sept.-24 Oct.
1965, Cat.-No. 111 (no image).
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Giacometti, Kunsthalle Basel, 25 June-28 Aug. 1966, Cat.-No. 109.
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Alberto Giacometti, Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, 15 Oct. 1969-12 Jan. 1970, Cat.-No. 149,
image, p. 100.
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Alberto Giacometti : A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New
York, 1974, Cat.-No. 126, image, p. 136.
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L'Art en Europe : Les années decisives 1945-1953, Musée d'Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne,
1987, image, p. 207.
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Alberto Giacometti, 1901-1966, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, 15
Sept.-13 Nov. 1988; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 15 Dec. 1988 -5 Feb. 1989, Cat.no. 66,
image, p. 175 (only in Washington).
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Colección Beyeler, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 24 May-24 June 1989, image, p.
145.
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Alberto Giacometti, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, June-Sept. 1990, Cat.no. 46, image p. 95.
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Alberto Giacometti : Sculptures, peintures, dessins, Musée d’Art Moderne, Fondation Basil
et Elise Goulandris, Andros, 28 June-6 Sept. 1992, image, p. 105.
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Alberto Giacometti, Sara Hildénin taidemuseo, Tampere, 11 Apr.- 7 June 1992, image, p.
154.
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Wege der Moderne : Die Sammlung Beyeler, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 30 Apr.-1 Aug.
1993, Cat.no. 30, image, p. 164.
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Alberto Giacometti, 1901-1966, Kunsthalle Wien, 24 Feb.-5 May 1996; Scottish National
Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1 June-22 Sept. 1996; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 9 Oct.
1996-1 Jan. 1997, Cat.no. 163, image, p. 266 (only in Vienna).
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Masterpieces of the Twentieth Century: The Beyeler Collection, Art Gallery of New South
Wales, Sydney, 7 Dec. 1996-2 March 1997, Cat.no. 87, image, p. 191.
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Alberto Giacometti : Stampa-Paris, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, 24 June-17 Sept. 2000,
Cat.no. 23, image, p. 161.
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Alberto Giacometti, Kunsthaus Zurich, 18 May-2 Sept. 2001; Museum of Modern Art, New
York, 11 Oct. 2001-8 Jan. 2002, Cat.no. 130, image, p. 191.
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Giacometti : Paris sans fin, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, 13 Feb.-13 June 2004 (no catalogue).
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Die andere Sammlung : Hommage an Hildy und Ernst Beyeler, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen,
19 Aug. 2007-6 Jan. 2008 (not included in the catalogue).
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Art Basel, Basel, 4-8 June 2008 (not included in the catalogue).
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Am Nabel der Welt : Kunst aus Graubünden, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, 21 June-21
Sept. 2008 (no catalogue).
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Giacometti, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, 31 May-11. Oct. 2009, Cat.no. 105, image, p. 135.
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Alberto Giacometti, Musée Rath, Genf, 5 Nov. 2009-21 Feb. 2010, image, p. 93.
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Cézanne - Picasso - Giacometti : Meisterwerke der Fondation Beyeler, Leopold Museum,
Vienna, 17 Sept. 2010-17 Jan. 2011, Cat.no. 11, image, p. 137.
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Alberto Giacometti neu gesehen : Unbekannte Fotografien und Zeichnungen, Bündner
Kunstmuseum, Chur, 21 May-4 Sept. 2011 (not included in the catalogue).
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Giacometti : Die Spielfelder, Hamburger Kunsthalle, 25. Jan.-19. Mai 2013; Fundció Mapfre,
Madrid, 8 June-4 Aug. 2013, Cat.no. 78, image, p. 89 (only in Hamburg).
Published:
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Jacques Dupin: Alberto Giacometti, Paris 1962, image, p. 113.
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Michel Leiris/Alberto Giacometti: Alberto Giacometti, Basel 1964, Cat.no. 70a.
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Carlo Huber: Alberto Giacometti, Zürich 1970, image, p. 110.
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Reinhold Hohl: Alberto Giacometti, Lausanne 1971, image, p. 160.
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Bernard Lamarche-Vadel: Alberto Giacometti, Paris 1984, image, p. 92.
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Yves Bonnefoy: Alberto Giacometti : Biographie d’une oeuvre, Paris 1991, image, p. 457.
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Fondation Beyeler, Sammlungskatalog, Munich 1997, 3rd Edition: 2000, Cat.no. 46, image,
p. 204.
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Sammlung Beyeler, Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern 2007, Cat.no. 54, image, p. 230.
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Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Sam Keller, Zurich 2009, image, p. 76.
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Marek Kędzierski: Alberto Giacometti : I jego "rzeczywistość", Bydgoszcz 2013, image, p.
30.
SCVA No Ref Number: GIA020
Giacometti, Alberto The Cage (First Version)
1950
Bronze, Fondation Beyeler cast, Susse Fondeur, Paris
Object dimensions: 910 x 365 x 340 mm
Accession number: Inv.90.3
Ownership between 1933-1945: Not created until 1950
Provenance:
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Cast in 1990 at Susse Fondeur, Paris (with permission of Annette Giacometti)
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1990 Galerie Beyeler, Basel
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Beyeler Stiftung, Basel
Publication and exhibition history:
Exhibited:
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Alberto Giacometti, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Jun-Sept. 1990, Cat.-No. 17, image, p. 42, 43.
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Alberto Giacometti, Kiyoharu Shirakaba Museum of Art, Hokuto, 27 Oct.- 25 Nov. 1990,
Cat.no. 62.
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Alberto Giacometti : Sculptures, peintures, dessins, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de
Paris, 30. Nov. 1991-15. March 1992 (nicht im Katalog).
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Alberto Giacometti, Sara Hildénin taidemuseo, Tampere, 11 Apr.-7 Juni 1992, image, p. 104.
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Picasso and the Age of Iron, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 19 March-16
May 1993, Cat.no. 94, image p. 216.
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Alberto Giacometti : Skulpturer, teckningar, målningar, Malmö Konsthall, 29 Oct. 1994- 22
Jan. 1995, image p. 107.
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The Exhibition from Swiss Private Collections, coordinated by Ernst Beyeler, Basel,
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, 17 March-16 June 1996; Huis ten Bosch Museum of
Art, Nagasaki, 22 June-15 Aug. 1996; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 20 Aug.-29 Sept.1996;
Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Tokyo, 5 Oct.-24 Nov. 1996, Cat.no. 42, image p. 101.
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Masterpieces of the Twentieth Century: The Beyeler Collection, Art Gallery of New South
Wales, Sydney, 7 Dec. 1996-2 March 1997, Cat.no. 85, image p. 187.
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Alberto Giacometti, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 17 Apr.-29 June 1997,
Cat.no. 64, image, p. 127.
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Joie de vivre, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, June-Sept. 1997, Cat.no. 28 (no image).
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Die Familie Giacometti : Das Tal, die Welt, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim 4 June-17 Sept.
2000, image, p. 207.
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Francis Bacon und die Bildtradition, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, 15 Oct. 2003-18 Jan.
2004; Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, 8 Feb.-20 June 2004, Cat.no. 51A, image p. 349 (only in Riehen).
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ArchiSkulptur : Dialoge zwischen Architektur und Plastik vom 18. Jahrhundert bis heute,
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, 3 Oct. 2004-30 Jan. 2005, Cat.no. 61, image p. 169.
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Giacometti, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, 31 May-11 Oct. 2009, Cat.no. 83, image, p. 135.
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Giacometti & Maeght : 1946-1966, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 27 June-31.
Oct. 2010, Cat.no. 135, image p. 161.
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Linea : Vom Umriss zur Aktion : Die Kunst der Linie zwischen Antike und Gegenwart,
Kunsthaus Zug, 21 Nov. 2010-27 March 2011, Cat.no. 141, image, p. 235.
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Alberto Giacometti neu gesehen : Unbekannte Fotografien und Zeichnungen, Bündner
Kunstmuseum, Chur, 21 May-4 Sept. 2011 (not included in the catalogue).
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Giacometti, Marini, Richier : La figure tourmentée, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts,
Lausanne, 31 Jan.-27 Apr. 2014, Cat.no. 58, image p. 107.
Published:
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Alberto Giacometti: „Excerpts from a recent letter by Alberto Giacometti on the significance
of titles in relation to his work“, in: Alberto Giacometti, Exhibitions catalogue, Pierre Matisse Gallery,
New York, Nov. 1950, p. 3-24, p. 10, p. 10 (no image).
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James Lord: „Über das Werk „Der Käfig“ von Alberto Giacometti [Letter to Thomas Gibson
dated 14 June 1991]“, in: Alberto Giacometti : Zeichnungen, Ausstellungskatalog, Galerie Klewan,
Munich, 22 Nov. 1994-21 Jan. 1995, p. 24-45, image, p. 26.
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Fondation Beyeler, Collections catalogue, Munich 1997, 3rd Edition: 2000, Cat.no. 43 (no
image).
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Sammlung Beyeler, Collections catalogue, Ostfildern 2007, Cat.no. 51, image, p. 227.
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Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Sam Keller, Zurich 2009, image, p. 72.
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Ulf Küster ... [et al.]: Giacometti à la Fondation Beyeler, Paris 2009, image, p. 5.
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Sam Phillips: ... isms : Understanding Modern Art, London 2012, image, p. 74.
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Katherine Arnold: „Francis Bacon’s Mastery of Paint“, in: Francis Bacon: Man in Blue VI,
auction catalogue, Christie's, London, 13 Feb. 2013, p. 26-34, image, p. 31.
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Marek Kędzierski: Alberto Giacometti : I jego "rzeczywistość", Bydgoszcz 2013, image, p.
16.
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Katherine Arnold: „Space and the Revelation of the Human“, in: Francis Bacon : Three
Studies of Lucian Freud, 1969, auction catalogue, Christie's, New York, 12 Nov. 2013, p. 137-158,
image, p. 144.
SCVA No Ref Number: GIA029
SCVA No. GIA029
Giacometti, Alberto
Portrait of Elie Lotar III (Seated)
1965
Bronze, cast 8/8, Susse Fondeur Paris, 6
Object dimensions: 60mm x 275mm x 350 mm
Accession number: Inv.87.4
Ownership between 1933-1945: Not created until 1965
Provenance:
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Cast at Susse Fondeur, Paris
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Annette Giacometti, Paris
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1987 Galerie Beyeler, Basel
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Beyeler Stiftung, Basel
Publication and exhibition history:
Exhibited:
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Alberto Giacometti : A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New
York, 1974, Cat.no. 111, image, p. 124.
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Colección Beyeler, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 24 May-24 June 1989, image, p.
159.
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Alberto Giacometti, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, June-Sept. 1990, Cat.no. 41, image, p. 87, 88.
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Wege der Moderne : Die Sammlung Beyeler, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 30 Apr.-1 Aug.
1993, Cat.no. 39, image, p. 171.
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Masterpieces of the Twentieth Century : The Beyeler Collection, Art Gallery of New South
Wales, Sydney, 7 Dec. 1996-2 March 1997, Cat.no. 95, image, p. 207.
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Face to Face to Cyberspace, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, 30. Mai-12. Sep. 1999, Kat.-Nr. 52,
Abb. S. 90.
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Cézanne und die Moderne, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, 10 Oct. 1999-9 Jan. 2000, Cat.no.
55, image, p. 111.
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Alberto Giacometti : Dialoghi con l’arte, Museo d'arte di Mendrisio, 17 Sept.-12 Nov. 2000,
Cat.no. 126, image, p. 189.
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Japan und der Westen : Die erfüllte Leere, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 22 Sept. 2007-13 Jan.
2008, image, p. 58.
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Art Basel, Basel, 4-8 June 2008 (not included in the catalogue).
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Альберто Джакометти, 1901-1966 : Скульптура,. Живопись, Грaфиka [= Alberto
Giacometti, 1901-1966 : Bildhauerei, Malerei, Graphik], Staatliches Museum für Bildende Künste A.
S. Puschkin, Moskau, 17 Sept.-23 Nov. 2008; State Hermitage Museum, Sankt Petersburg, 5 Dec.
2008-8 Feb. 2009, image, p. 93.
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Giacometti, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, 31 May-11 Oct. 2009, Cat.no. 141, image, p. 188.
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Cézanne - Picasso - Giacometti : Meisterwerke der Fondation Beyeler, Leopold Museum,
Vienna, 17 Sept. 2010-17 Jan. 2011, Cat.no. 15, image, p. 145.
Published:
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Reinhold Hohl: Alberto Giacometti, Lausanne 1971, image, p. 272. [cast in plaster]
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Louis Finkelstein/Andrew Forge: Alberto Giacometti : photographed by Herbert Matter, Bern
1987, image, p. 190, 191.
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Yves Bonnefoy: Alberto Giacometti : Biographie d’une oeuvre, Paris 1991, image, p. 529.
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Hans-Joachim Müller: Ernst Beyeler : Kunsthändler, Sammler, Museumsgründer, Basel
1993, image, p. 15.
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Dieter Bachmann ... [et al.]: Sammlung Beyeler : Die Werke : Der Bau, Zürich 1997 (= Du :
Die Zeitschrift für Kultur 678 [12/1997]), image, p. 59.
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Fondation Beyeler, Sammlungskatalog, Munich 1997, 3. Edition: 2000, Cat.no. 55, image, p.
213.
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Sammlung Beyeler, Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern 2007, Cat.no. 63, image, p. 241.
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Alessandro Del Puppo: Giacometti e la nuova immagine dell’uomo, Florence 2008, image, p.
232.
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Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Sam Keller, Zurich 2009, image, p. 75.
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Maura Pozzati: Racconti d’arte : Quando le parole incontrano le immagini, Bologna 2013,
image, p. 74.