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L'Homme au doigt ([lɔm o dwa], "The Man with the Finger"; also called Pointing Man or Man Pointing) is a 1947 bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, that became the most expensive sculpture ever when it sold for US$141.3 million on May 11, 2015. [1] Giacometti made six casts of the work plus one artist's proof.
The Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, having received a bequest from Alberto Giacometti's widow Annette, holds a collection of circa 5,000 works, frequently displayed around the world through exhibitions and long-term loans. A public interest institution, the Foundation was created in 2003 and aims at promoting, disseminating, preserving ...
Giacometti struggled with the project and eventually abandoned the commission. [6] However, in 1961 he cast the life-size work in bronze and exhibited it at the Venice Biennale a year later. [ 9 ] L'Homme qui marche I was created at the high point of Giacometti's mature period and represents the pinnacle of his experimentation with the human ...
Alberto Giacometti's L'Homme au doigt was auctioned for $141.3 million at Christie's in May 2015, the highest price for any sculpture at auction. [1] Giacometti's L'Homme qui marche I had previously achieved the highest price of any sculpture when it was auctioned by Sotheby's in February 2010. Selling for US$104.3 million, it ranks amongst the ...
Alberto Giacometti. Man Pointing (sculpture; bronze castings in MoMA, New York, and Tate, England) Man Walking (sculpture) Hand (sculpture) Jean Hélion – A Rebours (Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris) Alfred Janes – Little Cactus; Louis le Brocquy – Travelling Woman with Newspaper; Henri Matisse. Deux fillettes, fond jaune et rouge
The Palace at 4 a.m. 1932 (Alberto Giacometti) Girl before a Mirror. Boisgeloup, March 1932 ... Man Pointing. 1947 (Alberto Giacometti) Summation. 1947 (Arshile Gorky)
Judd Tully with the hand-painted Alberto Giacometti bronze, "Pointing Man" from 1947 at Christie's New York 2015. Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA: Occupation:
Sculptures by Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). Pages in category "Sculptures by Alberto Giacometti" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ...