Picture "Dessin II (Striding Man)", framed
Picture "Dessin II (Striding Man)", framed
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lithograph | framed | passe-partout | glazed | size 84 x 51 cm (h/w)
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Picture "Dessin II (Striding Man)", framed
Giacometti's "Striding Man" adorns the Swiss 100-franc note today. This typical stone lithograph was edited in 1975 on the occasion of the announcement of a large Giacometti retrospective at the Fondation Maeght in Paris.
Lithograph. Framed in a silver-coloured solid wood frame with dark brown inner bevel. With bevel cut passe-partout, glazed. Size 84 x 51 cm (h/w).
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany, [email protected]
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Ein wirklich schöner Druck, der uns jeden Tag erfreut. Der Rahmen ist gut gewählt und die Verarbeitung sehr hochwertig.
About Alberto Giacometti
1901-1966
Born in Borgonovo, Switzerland, Alberto Giacometti is one of the most important artists of the 20th century.
Giacometti was focused on capturing reality in all its complexity, the main subject of his work being the existential depiction of human beings. In the 1930s he was already one of the leading figures of Surrealism but it was not until after the war that his real artistic legacy emerged. Drawing people in the streets inspired him to create his large, thin sculptures – spaced-out, almost disembodied figures that express distance and proximity at the same time.
Today, Giacometti's works are celebrated highlights of all the world's great collections and museums. At auctions, his large bronzes are rarely valued at less than 2-digit million. His "L'Homme qui marche I" (eng.: "The Striding Man I") appear on the current 100 Swiss franc banknote.
The field of graphic arts, that includes artistic representations, which are reproduced by various printing techniques.
Printmaking techniques include woodcuts, copperplate engraving, etching, lithography, serigraphy, among others.
A movement in contemporary art that developed in Europe and America. Following the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud, it seeks the actual reality in the subconscious. Surrealism exploits dreams and intoxicating experiences, as well as hypnotic states as a source of artistic inspiration.
Famous artists and sculptors of this movement are Max Ernst, Salvador Dali, Giorgio de Chirico, Yves Tanguy, Joan Miró and René Magritte.