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The Studio
The Studio

The Studio

Artist Alberto Giacometti Swiss, 1901–1966
Date1948
MediumPencil on paper
Dimensions22 x 15 1/8 in. (55.9 x 38.4 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineBequest of W. R. Valentiner
Object numberG.65.10.20
On View
Not on view
ProvenancePossibly gift of the artist to W. R. Valentiner, 1953 [1]; Valentiner Estate, Raleigh, NC, 1958 [2]; to NCMA, by bequest, 1965.

[1] See two pictures of Valentiner in Giacometti's studio, 1953, in curatorial file.
[2] L.56.12.16-VE "Study for Sculpture (both sides of paper)"
Published ReferencesMasterpieces of Art (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1959), cat. no. 124, illus. (b-w) 208.

The Art Quarterly 26, no. 2 (Summer 1963), 275.

"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 6, no. 4 and 7, no. 1 (1966/67?), listed 80.

A Catalogue of Drawings and Watercolors (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), cat. no. 30, recto illus. (b-w).

North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 17 (1997), recto and verso listed and illus. (b-w) 92.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Masterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958," April 6-May 17, 1959, cat. no. 124, illus. (b-w).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Drawings and Watercolors," Summer 1969, cat. no. 30, recto illus. (b-w).
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