The Invisible Object (Hands Holding the Void)
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Alternative Title
L'Object invisible (Mains tenant le vide)
Description
Giacometti instended the statue and its title as a slight to the Surrealist cult of object. He borrowed the stylized human shapes from a Solomon Islands "Seated Statue of a Deceased Woman" which he has seen in Basel and combined with other elements of Oceanic art, such as the bird-like demon of death. -- From Alberto Giacometti : a Retrospective Exhibition. New York : Guggenheim Museum, 1974. full view
Type of Work
Sculpture; Bronze (sculpture)Subject
Bronzes, Negative space, Female nude in art, Loss (Psychology), Surrealism, Sculpture, Swiss --20th century, Desire
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