Man and Woman (Construction)
Date
(1926-1927)/(cast 1954-1956)
Artist
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss, b. Borgonovo, 1901–1966
Provenance
The Artist
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, to 4 March 1957
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 4 March 1957-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Sculpture in Our Time: Collected by Joseph H. Hirshhorn," 5 May-23 August 1959, no. 82. (Did not tour.)
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 165.
M. KNOEDLER, New York. "Space and Dream," 5-29 December 1967, catalogue by Robert Goldwater (New York: Walker, 1967), p. 45, ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
NATIONALGALERIE, Berlin. "Alberto Giacometti," 9 October 1987-3 January 1988. TOUR: STAATSGALERIE, Stuttgart, 30 January-20 March 1988, no. 17, ill.
KUNSTHALLE VIENNA. "Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966," 24 February-5 May 1996, no. 42, ill. p. 128. TOUR: SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART, Edinburgh, 1 June-22 September 1996, no. 45, ill. p. 139; ROYAL ACADEMY, London, 10 October-1 January 1997.
Published References
GELDZAHLER, HENRY. "Taste for Modern Sculpture: The Hirshhorn Collection," Art News 61/6 (October 1962), pp. 31, 56.
BRENSON, MICHAEL. "The Early Works of Alberto Giacometti 1925-1935" (Ph.D. diss., Johns Hopkins University, 1974), checklist no. 37, p. 229 (as Construction).
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), no. 341, ill. p. 695.
EVANS, TAMARA, ed. Alberto Giacometti and America (New York: City University of New York, 1984), pp. 99, 104, 107.
BONNEFOY, YVES. Alberto Giacometti: A Biography of His Work, trans. Jean Stewart (Paris: Frammarion, 1991), no. 135, p. 144.
CRESCENZO, CASIMIRO DI. Alberto Giacometti: Early Works in Paris (1922-1930) (New York: Yoshi Gallery, 1994), fig. 33, p. 42.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School
Surrealism (European)/Postwar European
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.2032
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
12 3/8 × 7 5/8 × 5 1/8 in. (31.5 × 19.3 × 12.9 cm)
