Portrait of René Char

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Alberto Giacometti

Title

Portrait of René Char

Place

Switzerland (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1964

Medium

Graphite with erasing, and traces of black pencil, on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed lower center, in graphite: "29 Juin 1964 / Alberto Giacometti"; lower right: "René Char"

Dimensions

56.6 × 38.2 cm (22 5/16 × 15 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1998.737

Copyright

© 2018 Succession Giacometti / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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