Harvard Art Museums > 1986.661: Le Buffet Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Le Buffet (Alberto Giacometti) , 1986.661,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Sep 28, 2023, https://hvrd.art/o/227588. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1986.661 People Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (Borgonovo, Switzerland 1901 - 1966 Chur, Switzerland) Title Le Buffet Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1957 Culture Swiss Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/227588 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 50 x 61 cm (19 11/16 x 24 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r. in black paint: Alberto Giacometti 1957 Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Pierre Matisse, New York with Leo Castelli] (1957-1959), sold; to Joseph L. Tucker, St. Louis (1959-1972), sold; to Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Saint Louis (1972-1986), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1986. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. Copyright © Alberto Giacometti Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 1986 Object Number 1986.661 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Jacques Dupin, Alberto Giacometti, Maeght (Paris, 1962), p. 161, ill. The Museum of Modern Art, Alberto Giacometti, exh. cat., Doubleday & Co. (Garden City, NY, 1965), fig. 94, ill. Angelica Zander Rudenstine, Modern Painting, Drawing & Sculpture: Collected by Emily and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1988), p. 685, 687, fig. 262, ill. (b/w) Yves Bonnefoy, Giacometti: A Biography of his Work, Flammarion (Paris, 1991), p. 447, fig. 430, ill. (color) Exhibition History Giacometti, Venice Bienniale XXXI, 1962, 06/16/1962 - 10/07/1962 Alberto Giacometti, Kunsthaus Zürich, 12/02/1962 - 01/20/1963 Alberto Giacometti, The Phillips Collection, 02/07/1963 - 03/18/1963 Alberto Giacometti, The Museum of Modern Art, 06/09/1965 - 10/10/1965; The Art Institute of Chicago, 11/05/1965 - 12/12/1965; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 01/11/1966 - 02/20/1966; San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, 03/10/1966 - 04/24/1966 Alberto Giacometti, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, 10/09/1987 - 01/03/1988; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 01/29/1988 - 03/20/1988 Alberto Giacometti, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 11/14/1990 - 01/14/1991 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
