Giacometti
Americannoun
noun
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"I thought 'Wow, they cannot be' and after my first investigation, it turns out they were made by Alberto Giacometti."
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
His Swiss compatriot, Alberto Giacometti, drew multiple portraits of Mr. Kornfeld and pleaded with him to write a comprehensive monograph about him.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2024
Hunt was drawn to abstractions and was influenced by the works of Julio González, Pablo Picasso, David Smith and Alberto Giacometti, as well as his own extensive African art collection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
At the foot of the stairs, within the atrium, are fine sculptures of Giacometti, representing the "Ecce Homo,"—and the "Kiss of Judas," purchased and placed here by Pius IX.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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