id: 142329 accession number: 1966.156 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.156 updated: 2022-06-21 09:00:48.538000 Sculptures in the Studio, 1964. Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1966.156 © VAGA, New York, NY title: Sculptures in the Studio title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1964 creation date earliest: 1964 creation date latest: 1964 current location: creditline: Anonymous Gift copyright: © VAGA, New York, NY --- culture: Switzerland, 20th century technique: etching department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Lust 185 --- CREATORS * Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Prints and Drawings, 1916-1965 opening date: 1966-05-20T04:00:00 Prints and Drawings, 1916-1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 20-July 24, 1966). title: Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors opening date: 1995-11-22T05:00:00 Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1995-January 24, 1996). title: Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure opening date: 2022-03-12T05:00:00 Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (co-organizer) (March 12-June 12, 2022). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Explaining his incessant need to draw Giacometti once said, "What I believe is that whether it be a question of sculpture or of painting, it is in fact only drawing that counts. I must cling solely, exclusively to drawing. If I could master drawing, all the rest would be possible." Giacometti's graphic works, therefore, are an important part of his oeuvre and include 353 lithographs and etchings. With these techniques Giacometti could draw on a plate as easily as on paper. His prints thus retain the same spontaneous quality that enlivens the drawings. This etching portrays a group of sculptures in the artist's studio. These elongated, haunting figures express the insecurity, transience, and alienation of modern man. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES