At a recent Christie's auction, Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti's 'Homme qui chavire' sold for 13 million GBP. The sculpture is an extension of Giacometti's elongated figures created following the Second World War. Dwelling on the human condition through surrealism, Giacometti is regarded as one of the finest sculptors of the 20th century, whose career spanned for four decades from 1922 to 1966. Here are some of his other works that have amazed art collectors and enthusiasts over the years.
Updated On: 2021-07-09 05:56 PM IST
'Homme qui Chavire' or 'The Falling Man' by Alberto Giacometti sold for 13 million GBP at Christie's online auction at the end of last month. Here, a visitor is seen looking at the sculpture as part of the exhibition of paintings and sculptures "Giacometti La Scultura" at the Galleria Borghese Art Gallery in Rome in 2014. Photo: AFP
Alberto Giacometti's work in the second half of his career is characterised with thinner figures that grew taller with the next sculpture and looked life-size. A person looks at the Swiss artist's 'Grande femme I' during a press preview for a Sotheby's sale in October 2020 in New York City. Photo: AFP
Giacometti preferred to use models he was close to to make his sculptures. While his sister Isabel Rawsthorne was the model first, his wife Annette Arm later modelled for him. Seen here is Giacometti's 'Grande figure', a bronze with gold patina sculpture, displayed at Sotheby's auction house in London in June 2017. Photo: AFP
The Swiss artist's sculptures are some of the most expensive ones ever to be sold at auctions. The 'Homme qui marche I' became the most expensive one in 2010 but was beaten by another of the artist's works in 2015. Visitors look at a sculpture entitled 'En marche' by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti during the exhibition 'Jean Genet, l'echappee belle' at the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM) in Marseille, southern France, on April 15, 2016. Photo: AFP
It is said that Giacometti started to concentrate on portraiture from the 1950s and used his friends and family as his models. A journalist looks at 'Buste de Diego,' by Alberto Giacometti, during a media preview May 5, 2017 at Sotheby's In New York. Photo: AFP
For 'Bust de Diego', also known as Steele III, the Swiss artist sculpted his brother Diego, who along with his sister and wife Annette, were Giacometti's favourite models. Alberto Giacometti's 'Stele III' is displayed during a media preview October 31, 2014 at Christie's in New York. Photo: AFP
The 'Chariot' is known to be Giacometti's first large sculpture and depicts the memory of a sparkling pharmacy cart, which he saw while he was hospitalised. 'Chariot' by Alberto Giacometti is displayed at Sotheby's Autumn evening sale of Impressionist & Modern Art November 4, 2014 in New York. Photo: AFP
People looking at Giacometti's 'L'homme au doigt' during a media preview on May 1, 2015, at Christie's in New York. That year, the bronze sculpture made in 1947 became one of the most expensive sculptures to be sold at an auction. Photo: AFP
