2 Autograph Postcards Signed Alberto" and Alberto Giacometti".

Giacometti, Alberto, Suisse sculptor and painter (1901-1966).

Verlag: New York and n.p., 7.10.1955 and 31.7.1962

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8vo. 2 pp. The first postcard shows the skyline of New York and the R.H.S. Queen Elizabeth crossing. The card is addressed to Jean Leymarie of the Musée National d Art Moderne in Swizzerland. Annette Giacometti thanks for coming to the train and tells Leymarie about the beauty of the sea. Alberto" adds wishes. The second postcard shows Colico and a panorama view of the Lago di Como. Amitiés Alberto Giacometti".Alberto Giacometti lived and worked mainly in Paris but regularly visited his hometown Borgonovo in Swiss canton Graubünden, to see his family and work on his art. During World War II, Giacometti took refuge in Switzerland. There, in 1946, he met Annette Arm. They married in 1949. After his marriage his tiny sculptures became larger, but the larger they grew, the thinner they became. For the remainder of Giacometti's life, Annette was his main female model.Giacometti's international success as an artist is illustrated by three retrospectives that took place in 1955. One of them in New York at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 83300

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Titel: 2 Autograph Postcards Signed Alberto" and ...

Verlag: New York and n.p., 7.10.1955 and 31.7.1962