Inscription: Signed, dated, and inscribed (bottom center): Pour Pierre Matisse ce 18 (déjà!) janvier/ 1962/ Alberto Giacometti
Pierre Matisse, New York (1962–d. 1989; gift of the artist in January 1962); his widow, Maria-Gaetana Matisse, née von Spreti, New York (1989–d. 2001); Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Foundation (2002; gift to MMA)
New York. Pierre Matisse Gallery. "Alberto Giacometti Drawings, 1923–1964, and Six Studies of Henri Matisse by Alberto Giacometti, 1954," November 17–December 12, 1964, no. 30a.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Alberto Giacometti," June 9–October 10, 1965, no. 139.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Alberto Giacometti," November 5–December 12, 1965, no. 139.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Alberto Giacometti," January 11–February 20, 1966, no. 139.
San Francisco Museum of Art. "Alberto Giacometti," March 10–April 24, 1966, no. 139.
Paris. Orangerie des Tuileries. "Alberto Giacometti," October 15 [delayed to 24], 1969–January 12, 1970, no. 292.
Académie de France à Rome, Villa Medici. "Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966)," October 24–December 18, 1970, no. 27.
Lugano. Museo civico di belle arti. "La Svizzera italiana onora Alberto Giacometti," April 7–June 17, 1973, no. 92.
New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. "Alberto Giacometti: A Retrospective Exhibition," April 5–June 23, 1974, no. 188.
Minneapolis. Walker Art Center. "Alberto Giacometti: A Retrospective Exhibition," July 13–September 1, 1974, no. 188.
Cleveland Museum of Art. "Alberto Giacometti: A Retrospective Exhibition," September 24–October 27, 1974, no. 188.
Ottawa. National Gallery of Canada. "Alberto Giacometti: A Retrospective Exhibition," November 15, 1974–January 5, 1975, no. 188.
Des Moines Art Center. "Alberto Giacometti: A Retrospective Exhibition," January 27–March 2, 1975, no. 188.
Montréal. Musée d'Art Contemporain. "Alberto Giacometti: A Retrospective Exhibition," March 27–May 4, 1975, no. 188.
Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. "Alberto Giacometti: Skulpturen–Gemälde–Zeichnungen–Graphik," October 9, 1987–January 3, 1988, no. 212.
Edinburgh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. "Alberto Giacometti, 1901–1966," June 1–September 22, 1996, no. 215.
London. Royal Academy of Arts. "Alberto Giacometti, 1901–1966," October 9, 1996–January 1, 1997, no. 215.
Munich. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung. "Alberto Giacometti," April 17–June 29, 1997, no. 139.
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. "Alberto Giacometti: Le dessin à l'oeuvre," January 24–April 9, 2001, no. 161.
New York. Pierpont Morgan Library. "Pierre Matisse and His Artists," February 14–May 19, 2002, no. 25.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection," May 18, 2004–June 26, 2005, no catalogue (checklist no. 20; as "Studies of Diego").
Paris. Mona Bismarck Foundation. "Pierre Matisse, passeur passionné: Un marchand d'art et ses artistes," October 20, 2005–January 14, 2006, unnumbered cat. (p. 147).
Museo Picasso Málaga. "La Colección Pierre y Maria-Gaetana Matisse en The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York," March 26–June 24, 2007, no. 16.
Reinhold Hohl. Alberto Giacometti. Stuttgart, 1971, p. 241, ill.
James Lord. Alberto Giaometti Drawings. Greenwich, Conn., 1971, pp. 224–25, ill.
Yves Bonnefoy. Alberto Giacometti: A Biography of His Work. Paris, 1991, pp. 398, 486, fig. 372 (French ed., Paris 1991).
Isabelle Monod-Fontaine et al. Dation Pierre Matisse. Exh. cat., Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris, 1992, p. 130, ill.
Angela Schneider et al. Alberto Giacometti: Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings. Rev. ed. (1st ed, Berlin, 1987). New York, 1994, pl. 136.
Sabine Rewald in "Selections from the Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 61 (Spring 2004), p. 47, ill.
Véronique Wiesinger et al. L'atelier d'Alberto Giacometti: Collection de la Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti. Exh. cat., Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris, 2007, p. 393, ill. (cover of Exh. New York 1964 catalogue).
Sabine Rewald. The American Matisse: The Dealer, His Artists, His Collection. The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection. New York, 2009, pp. 60–62, 154, ill. p. 61 (color).
Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, Borgonovo 1901–1966 Chur)
1961
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