Woman
Date
(1928/cast 1929)
Artist
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss, b. Borgonovo, 1901–1966
Provenance
Galerie Pierre [Pierre Loeb], Paris (agent for the artist), 1929
Louis Broder, Paris, from 1929-30
Berggruen et Cie, Paris
Brook Street Gallery, London, to 1968
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 20 June 1968-6 March 1972 (through Harold Diamond, New York)
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1972
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, fig. 343, p. 247, p. 695.
ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto. "Gauguin to Moore: Primitivism in Modern Sculpture," 7 November 1981-3 January 1982.
YOSHII GALLERY, New York. "Alberto Giacometti: Early Works in Paris (1922-1930)," 28 April-11 June 1994, no. 6, p. 130, ill.
TAIPEI FINE ARTS MUSEUM, Taiwan. "The Human Figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum," 25 March-28 May 1995. TOUR: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, SHIGA, Otsu, Japan, 1 July-6 August; ODAKYU MUSEUM, Tokyo, 9-27 August; IWAKI CITY ART MUSEUM, Iwaki, Japan, 23 September-5 November; TAKAMATSU CITY MUSEUM OF ART, 10 November-10 December.
KUNSTHALLE VIENNA. "Alberto Giacometti, 1901-1966," 24 February-5 May 1996, no. 59, ill. p. 149, p. 398 (German edition). TOUR: SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART, Edinburgh, 1 June-22 September 1996, no. 59, ill. p. 144 (English edition); ROYAL ACADEMY, London, 10 October 1996-1 January 1997.
SALVADOR DALI MUSEUM, St. Petersburg, Florida. "Masterpieces of Surrealism," 29 January-16 April 2000, no. 23, ill. p. 135, p. 187.
COMPLESSO DEL VITTORIANO, Rome. "Dada Into Surrealism," 8 October 2009-7 February 2010, color ill. p. 304.
VANCOUVER ART GALLERY. "The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art," 28 May-25 September 2011, color ill. p. 307, p. 323.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York," 29 October 2015-15 February 2016, p. 185.
Published References
BRENSON, MICHAEL. The Early Works of Alberto Giacometti 1925-1935 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 1974), checklist no. 40, p. 230, fig. 17.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), fig. 343, p. 247, p. 695.
WITHERS, JOSEPHINE. Julio Gonzalez: Sculpture in Iron (New York: New York University Press, 1978), fig. 131, p. 104.
EVANS, TAMARA, ed. Alberto Giacometti and America (New York: City University of New York, 1984), pp. 99, 104, 107.
FLETCHER, VALERIE J. The Human Figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum (Taipei: Fine Arts Museum, 1995), pp. 100-101, color ill. (Tokyo: Yomiuri Shimbun, 1995), no. 43, pp. 92-93, color ill.
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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 the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1972
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
72.131
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
16 1/8 × 14 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (40.9 × 37.8 × 8.7 cm)
