Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
One of modern art's true originals, Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) spent a lifetime refining his characteristic sculptures of strange, rail-thin figures, which are among the most recognized art of the 20th Century. In this monumental book, the reader is provided with the most detailed profile of Giacometti yet published. It includes a wealth of illustrations, texts, conversations, diary entries, letters, interviews and quotes, and the result is a many-layered picture of Giacometti both as a person, and as an artist. His life is portrayed through his own statements, and in reports by those who knew him -- including family members, pupils and students, and artist-friends such as Man Ray, Picasso, Breton, Hans Arp and Salvador Dali, as well as collectors and patrons such as Peggy Guggenheim. Giacometti's legacy is followed from his earliest days to his latest work, and the book offers an invaluable resource for all serious students of modern art.
Synopsis
Chronologically arranging quotations--from the artist and others--on the subject of Giacometti's life and art, Giacometti: A Biography In Pictures narrates an informal exploration of one of the twentieth century's greatest sculptors. The text is interspersed with wonderful snapshots of the artist at work in the studio (a Gitane invariably gripped in his plaster-stippled fingers), and with reproductions of individual works.