Lot Essay
In 1954, Giacometti made an important series of interior drawings depicting his mother seated at a table, reading or writing, beneath a large chandelier in his family's home in Stampa. He returned to this theme in one of his best-known lithographs, La suspension (Lust, no. 29), a particular favorite of the artist, published in 1959 by Galerie Maeght. The present drawing, completed the following year, shows a similar view of the room, but in place of the figure, Giacometti substituted a still-life subject in the center of the composition. As in the lithograph, there is a sideboard in the background, where the artist displayed various sculpted busts upon, and above it he hung a group of framed paintings and drawings. The space in this drawing appears deeper than that in the lithograph, an effect that stems from the receding distance created by the placement of the chairs in the fore- and middle ground, which is mirrored in the room perspective seen in the upper part of the composition.
The Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation will include this work in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Alberto Giacometti.
The Association Alberto and Annette Giacometti has confirmed the authenticity of this work and is titling it Intérieur à Stampa.
The Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation will include this work in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Alberto Giacometti.
The Association Alberto and Annette Giacometti has confirmed the authenticity of this work and is titling it Intérieur à Stampa.