COVER PHOTO: Alberto Giacometti painting in his Paris studio, 1958 Photo: Ernst Scheidender © 2018 Stiftung Ernst Scheidegger– Archiv, Zürich BELOW: Alberto Giacometti The Nose (Le nez), 1949 (cast 1964) Bronze, wire, rope, and steel, 81 x 71.4 x 39.4 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 66.1807 © 2018 Alberto Giacometti Estate/Licensed by VAGA and ARS, New York Photo: Kristopher McKay © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Installation view: Giacometti, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 8–September 12, 2018. Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2018
Installation view: Giacometti, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 8–September 12, 2018. Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2018- Yes, I make pictures and sculptures, and I have always done so, from the time I first started drawing or painting, in order to denounce reality, in order to defend myself, in order to become stronger in those things with which I can the better defend myself and launch my attacks; in order to stave off hunger, cold and death; in order to be as free as possible... Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti Walking Man I (Homme qui marche I), 1960 Bronze, 180.5 x 27 x 97 cm Fondation Giacometti, Paris © 2018 Alberto Giacometti Estate/Licensed by VAGA and ARS, New York
Installation view: Giacometti, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 8–September 12, 2018. Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2018- Giacometti’s work makes our universe even more unbearable. It seems, in fact, as though the artist knew how to lift the veil from our eyes to reveal what remains of man when all misleading appearances have fallen away. Jean Genet
Alberto Giacometti Caroline in a Red Dress (Caroline avec une robe rouge), ca. 1964–65 Oil on canvas, 92.3 x 65.4 cm Fondation Giacometti, Paris © 2018 Alberto Giacometti Estate/Licensed by VAGA and ARS, New York
Alberto Giacometti Suspended Ball (Boule suspendue), 1930–31 Plaster, painted metal, and string 60.6 x 35.6 x 36.1 cm Fondation Giacometti, Paris © 2018 Alberto Giacometti Estate/Licensed by VAGA and ARS, New York