BUCALO-MUSSELY, SERENA / MANCHANDA, CATHARINA / CATHERINE GRENIER / HUGO DANIEL / WILLIAM H. ROBINSON / WILLIAM KEYSE RUDOLPH
u003cbu003eA comprehensive survey of the work of the legendary Swiss artist, this book illustrates and examines more than 100 of his sculptures, paintings, drawings, and printsu003c/bu003e u003cpu003e This lavishly illustrated retrospective traces the early and midcareer development of the preeminent Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), examining the emergence of his distinct figural style through works including a series of walking men, elongated standing women, and numerous busts. Rare paintings and drawings from his formative period show the significance of landscape in Giacometti's work, while also revealing the influence of the postimpressionist painters that surrounded his father, the artist Giovanni Giacometti. Other areas of inquiry on which u003ciu003eAlberto Giacomettiu003c/iu003e casts new light are his studio practice--amply illustrated with photographs--his obsessive focus on depicting the human head, his collaborations with poets and writers, and his development of the walking man sculpture, thanks to numerous drawings, many of which have never been shown. Original essays by modern art and Giacometti specialists shed new light on era-defining sculptural masterpieces, including the u003ciu003eWalking Manu003c/iu003e, the u003ciu003eNoseu003c/iu003e, and the u003ciu003eChariotu003c/iu003e, or on key aspects of his work, such as the significance of surrealism, his drawing practice, or the question of space. u003cpu003eDistributed for the Cleveland Museum of Art