Artworks at TEFAF Maastricht 2023, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)

Homme et arbre
1952
Pencil and crayon on paper
33.1 × 22.9 cm
Dated and signed lower right: ‘1952 Alberto Giacometti’

Collections
Collection Emil Frey, Germany;
European private collection, by descent from the above;
Sale, Koller International Auctions, Zurich,3 July 2020, lot 3532;
Private collection, United Kingdom.

Exhibited
Kaiserslautern 1976, 20th century art from the F. Collection, Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, 15 February - 14 March 1976, no. 111;
Kiel 1974, watercolors, Drawings and prints from the 20th century from the collection of a Kiel artist, exhibition on the 100th anniversary of the Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesbrandkasse, Kunsthalle Kiel, 3 February - 3 March 1974, no. 42, p. 36 (illustrated p. 85);
Ludwigshafen am Rhein 1970, Idea and Reality, drawings and watercolors of the 20th century from a private collection, exhibition in the Mayor Ludwig Reichert House Municipal Art Collections Ludwigshafen am Rhein, 11 October - 1 November 1970, no. 49;
1963 Alberto Giacometti: Zeichnungen, Gemälde, Skulpturen, Basel (Switzerland), Galerie Beyeler, Bâle, no. 103a.

Literature
Alberto Giacometti, Basel : Galerie Beyeler, Bâle, 1964, cat. no. 103a, pl. 1

Notes
The Fondation Alberto and Annette Giacometti confirmed the authenticity of the work, Paris, February 2020. This work is registered in the Alberto Giacometti Database under number 4239.