Oil on canvas, featuring a portrait of a man. Signed and attr. Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966), signature on lower left margin.16.1 x 13 in. (41 x 33 cm). Alberto Giacometti's remarkable career traces the shifting enthusiasms of European art before and after the Second World War. As a Surrealist in the 1930s, he devised innovative sculptural forms, sometimes reminiscent of toys and games. And as an Existentialist after the war, he led the way in creating a style that summed up the philosophy's interests in perception, alienation and anxiety.

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