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 Alberto Giacometti   (1901-1966)

  Portrait of Rimbaud
  • etching, 1962
  • signed in pencil lower right recto
  • numbered in pencil from the edition of 97 lower left recto
  • total edition size of 104: 1-97/97 on Rives and 7 examples numbered A-G on Japon
  • plate size 11⅝" x 9¾" (29.5 x 24.8 cm.)
  • paper size 19¼" x 14¾" (49 x 37.5 cm.)
  • published in 1962 by Editions Aux depens d'un amateur, Nice
  • printed by Georges Visat, Paris
  • Literature:
       Lust, Giacometti: The Complete Graphics and 15 Drawings, Tudor, NY, 1970, no.175
This artist's contribution to Arthur Rimbaud vu par les peintres contemporains, a portfolio of nine original lithographs, etchings, and woodcut including works by Jean (Hans) Arp, Georges Braque, Jean Cocteau, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Valentine Hugo, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, and Jacques Villon.
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