Tall Figure IV, 1960
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss, 1901-1966
Bronze, Edition of 6, Cast No. 1
106-1/2 x 12 x 22 in. (270.5 x 30.5 x 55.9 cm)
Norton Simon Art Foundation
M.1965.1.S
© 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
On view
Giacometti was a painter, printmaker, and writer, but he is best known for the tall, thin figures he began to produce after World War II. Giacometti once said: "I am interested in the head from the brains down. In my sculpture I make the head the fort of the mind. The legs are only the mind's antenna to earth."
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