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Histoire de rats (Self Portrait II)

Name: Histoire de rats (Self Portrait II)
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 82587

Alberto Giacometti

$950

Swiss (1901–1966)

Date: 1947 (Printed 1995)
Etching on Arches
Image Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches
Size: 8 x 6.5 in. (20.32 x 16.51 cm)
Printer: Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris
Reference: Larry Saphire

$950

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about Histoire de rats (Self Portrait II)

Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (1901 - 1966) - Histoire de rats (Self Portrait II).

Year: 1947 (Printed 1995), Medium: Etching on Arches, Image Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches, Size: 8 x 6.5 in. (20.32 x 16.51 cm), Printer: Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris, Reference: Larry Saphire, Description: A suite of 14 portraits from Histoire De Rats originally published in 1947 by Les Editions de Minuit, Paris. Plates cleaned and printed by original printers Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris in 1995 at the request of Larry Saphire for a complete record of Giacometti's work. Giacometti, who had been friends with Bataille since 1929, created three portraits for this publication: "D" is the author himself under his pseudonym Dianus, "B" is Diane Bateille and "A" is Alexandre Kojeve. From the collection of the late Larry Saphire.

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About The Artist: Alberto Giacometti

b. 1901, Borgonovo, Switzerland; d. 1966, Chur, Switzerland Alberto Giacometti was born October 10, 1901, in Borgonovo, Switzerland, and grew up in the nearby town of Stampa. His father, Giovanni, was a Post-Impressionist painter. From 1919 to 1920, he studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and sculpture and drawing at the Ecole des Arts et Métiers in Geneva. In 1920, he traveled to Italy, where he was impressed by the works of...

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About The Medium: Etching

The printing process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In traditional pure etching, a metal (usually copper, zinc or steel) plate is covered with a waxy ground which is resistant to acid. The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle where they want a line to appear in the finished piece, exposing the bare metal. The plate is then put through a high-pressure printing press together with a sheet of paper (often moistened to soften it). The paper picks up the ink from the etched lines, making a print.

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