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Alberto Giacometti
Bust of Diego1952

On view: BCAM 3rd FloorModern Art
Bronze bust sculpture with rough, heavily textured surface, extremely elongated head on a thin neck rising from wide, blocky shoulders, dark patina with silvery highlights
Bronze bust sculpture in profile view, elongated head atop a thin neck rising from a broad, roughly textured base, with deeply worked surface showing expressive, uneven modeling throughout.
Bronze bust in profile view, elongated head atop a thin neck rising from a broad, rough-hewn base, with deeply textured, heavily worked surface showing expressive ridges and gouges throughout.
Bronze bust with an elongated, narrow head atop a thin neck rising from a broad, rough-textured base; heavily worked surface with jagged, uneven modeling throughout.
Bronze sculpture of an elongated human head and neck on a blocky base, with deeply textured, roughly worked surface in dark patina.

Alberto Giacometti, Bust of Diego, 1952, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Alberto Giacometti
Switzerland, 1901-1966
Title
Bust of Diego
Place Made
Switzerland
Date Made
1952
Medium
Bronze, unique
Dimensions
15 1/2 x 12 x 5 in. (39.37 x 30.48 x 12.7 cm)
Credit Line
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof
Accession Number
M.2005.70.29
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Barron, Stephanie. Envisioning Modernism: The Janice and Henri Lazarof Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2012.
  • Barron, Stephanie. Acknowledgments, or Every Label Tells a Story. Los Angeles: Art Catalogues: LACMA, 2017.
Copyright
© Alberto Giacometti Estate/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY/ADAGP, Paris