Standing Figure in Box Artist: Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901–1966)

1948–49

Modern and Contemporary Art

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

10 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (26.7 × 15.9 cm)
framed: 11 1/4 × 7 × 1 1/2 in. (28.6 × 17.8 × 3.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss, B.S. 1940S

Accession Number

1999.9.26

Culture

Swiss

Period

20th century

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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Bibliography
  • Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 266, 404, pl. 254
  • "Acquisitions, 1999," in "The Architecture of the Yale University Art Gallery," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2000), 134–35, ill
Object copyright
© Alberto Giacometti Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

figures (representations)

Subject

boxes (containers)

Signed

Giacometti bottom left

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