Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Lot n° 3

After an Egyptian sculpture: Buste de Sepa circa 1937 Pen and black ink on letter paper 26.9 x 20.9 cm Provenance: > Gift from the artist to Tériade, circa 1950 > Private legacy of Alice Tériade, 2007 > Private collection, Paris This work, listed in the archives of the Alberto and Annette Giacometti Foundation under no. AGD1704, is accompanied by its certificate of authenticity issued by the Giacometti Committee The artist and the Pyramids Giacometti was fascinated early on by the economy of means that characterizes Egyptian art. The artist's first encounter with original works of ancient Egypt took place during a trip to Florence in 1920, then to Rome, where Giacometti stayed and made sketches at the Vatican Museum. The hieratic posture, the advancing chin, the fixed gaze: everything in this drawing is designed to emphasize the gracefulness of the head carriage and the evocative power of a face whose entire structure is captured in a few strokes of the pen. Dimitri Joannidès