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Giacometti, Alberto 1901-1966

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Works: 1,492 works in 2,392 publications in 30 languages and 52,797 library holdings
Roles: Illustrator, Artist, Lithographer, Engraver, Creator, Interviewee, Dedicatee, Honoree, Other, Collaborator, Set designer , Author of introduction, Dedicator, Collector
Classifications: n6853.g5, 709.2
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Most widely held works by Alberto Giacometti
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185 editions published between and 2011 in 13 languages and held by 1,453 libraries worldwide
Catalog of a comprehensive exhibition of Glacometti's work organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1965.
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8 editions published in in English and held by 861 libraries worldwide
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10 editions published in in English and held by 771 libraries worldwide
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8 editions published in in English and held by 720 libraries worldwide
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2 editions published in in English and held by 558 libraries worldwide
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4 editions published in in English and held by 548 libraries worldwide
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15 editions published between and 2008 in English and held by 545 libraries worldwide
One of the great masters of 20th-century art, the Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti captured the existential loneliness of modern humanity with his spindly, attenuated figures whose life-like gazes pierce the vastness of space. Uniting more than 250 sculptures, paintings, drawings and graphic works, this extensive monograph is an exemplary overview of his oeuvre.
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13 editions published between and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 534 libraries worldwide
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6 editions published in in English and held by 531 libraries worldwide
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4 editions published between and 2006 in English and held by 475 libraries worldwide
Discusses the life, art, and legacy of the artist Alberto Giacometti. Includes a timeline linking the events in his life with world events.
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4 editions published in in English and held by 470 libraries worldwide
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18 editions published between and 1989 in English and French and held by 365 libraries worldwide
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31 editions published between and 2004 in 5 languages and held by 340 libraries worldwide
A giant of twentieth-century art, Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) stands beside Picasso and Matisse as an artist who has defined the way our century is perceived, and alongside them as one of the few modern artists who have created sculpture, paintings and drawings with equal mastery. This lavishly illustrated book accompanies a major retrospective of Giacometti's work at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. The two hundred and forty-one works in the.
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8 editions published between and 2011 in English and Italian and held by 321 libraries worldwide
"This deeply engaging book focuses on one of the most evocative and influential spaces in twentieth-century art: the tiny, ramshackle studio behind Montparnasse where the great sculptor Alberto Giacometti lived and worked from the late 1926 until his death. For nearly forty years, this chaotic but visually riveting space was the absolute centre of Giacometti's world, as well as a magnet for a whole generation of artists and writers in Paris, from Picasso and Braque to Balthus, from Breton and Sartre to Genet and Beckett."--Dust jacket.
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4 editions published in in Italian and English and held by 255 libraries worldwide
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12 editions published between and 1969 in French and Undetermined and held by 217 libraries worldwide
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59 editions published between and 2007 in 11 languages and held by 205 libraries worldwide
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32 editions published between and 2007 in 5 languages and held by 200 libraries worldwide
 
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Alberto Giacometti
Alternative Names
Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966
Ďakometti, Alʹberto 1901-1966
Džakometti, Alberto
Gʼaḳomeṭi, Alberṭo 1901-1966
Giacometti.
Giacometti <1901-1966>
Giacometti, Albert 1901-1966
Giacometti, Giovanni Alberto 1901-1966
ג'אקומטי, אלברטו
ג'אקומטי, אלברטו 1901-1966
ג'אקומטי, אלברטו
Languages
English (993)
French (722)
German (551)
Italian (213)
No Linguistic content (161)
Undetermined (114)
Spanish (80)
Japanese (45)
Dutch (24)
Multiple languages (18)
Swedish (17)
Hebrew (17)
Danish (12)
Catalan (11)
Greek, Modern (9)
Hungarian (9)
Russian (8)
Norwegian (8)
Portuguese (6)
Chinese (6)
Finnish (5)
Turkish (4)
Czech (4)
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