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Modern and Contemporary Art
Artist: Alberto Giacometti, Swiss, 1901–1966
Femme assise
1958
Oil on canvas
57.2 × 36.2 cm (22 1/2 × 14 1/4 in.)
framed: 73.7 × 52.4 × 4.4 cm (29 × 20 5/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
framed: 73.7 × 52.4 × 4.4 cm (29 × 20 5/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Gift of Carroll Janis and Donna Seldin Janis in honor of Professor Irving Janis and Dr. Donald W. Seldin, M.D. 1943, Hon. 1988
2008.171.1
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Swiss
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Paintings
Provenance:
Sidney Janis; by inheritance 1989 to Carroll Janis, New York; gift 2008 to YUAG
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions 2009,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 164–65, ill.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.