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Giacometti

American  
[jah-kuh-met-ee, jah-kaw-met-tee] / ˌdʒɑ kəˈmɛt i, ˌdʒɑ kɔˈmɛt ti /

noun

  1. Alberto 1901–66, Swiss sculptor and painter.


Giacometti British  
/ dʒakoˈmetti /

noun

  1. Alberto (alˈbɛrto). 1901–66, Swiss sculptor and painter, noted particularly for his long skeletal statues of isolated figures

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Ms Schiaparelli and Mr Giacometti were introduced to one another by French interior designer Jean-Michel Frank in the early 1930s.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025

He was 6-foot-2 and so lean that the New York Times said he resembled “a Giacometti statue in pinstripes.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

The stage has the stark beauty of a sculpted scene by Alberto Giacometti.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024

The collection underwritten by his fortune became massive — more than 100,000 pieces — and it included 6,000 oil paintings, many of them by important Swiss artists like Augusto Giacometti and Ferdinand Hodler.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

George maintained that Giacometti was better than Picasso.

From O+F by John Moncure Wetterau

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