Giacometti

Author: Vail, KaroleBrand: Guggenheim MuseumBinding: HardcoverNumber Of Pages: 160Release Date: 26-06-2018Part Number: 9780892075386Details: A fresh appraisal of Giacometti's output, from painting to sculpture This comprehensive survey of the work of the Swiss-born modern master Alberto Giacometti offers a fresh and incisive account of his creative output. Published on the occasion of Giacometti’s first major museum presentation in the US in over a decade, the volume brings together nearly 200 sculptures, paintings and drawings to trace the artist’s wide-ranging and hugely innovative engagement with the human form across various mediums. While Giacometti may be best known for his distinct figurative sculptures that emerged after World War II, including a series of elongated standing women, striding men and expressive busts, this volume devotes equal attention to the artist’s early and midcareer development. It explores his lesser-known engagement with Cubism and Surrealism as well as A