Standing Figure / Alberto Giacometti
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.137
- Title
- Standing Figure
- Artist
- Alberto Giacometti
- Artist Nationality
- Swiss
- Artist Life Dates
- 1901 - 1966
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Object Creation Date
- 1957
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Inscription
- Top face of base u.l.: Alberto Giacometti/ 3/8 3/8 Foundry mark right of signature: Susse
- Dimensions
- 70 cm x 18 cm x 23.2 cm (27 9/16 in. x 7 1/16 in. x 9 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- figure
- Secondary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Secondary Object Type
- casting
- Physical Description
- An elongated figure with minimal features stands on a small rectangular base with left foot slightly forward. The metal has a texture resembling molten wax.
- Subject Matter
- Giacomett's tall thin figures visualize the fragility and the resilience of the human body in the aftermath of the World Wars and the Holocaust. Influenced by Sartre and Existentialism, Giacometti wanted to visually express the metaphysical desolation and despair that Existentialism tried to recognize and address.
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- biomorphic abstraction
- bronze (metal)
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- figures (representations)
- sculpture
- standing
- Secondary Keywords
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- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- figures
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- modern and contemporary art
- nonferrous metal
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1942 x 2916
- File Size
- 754 KB
- Record
- 1958/1.137
- Link to this Item
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"Standing Figure; Alberto Giacometti." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1958-sl-1.137/1958_1.137.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.