About this artwork
This drawing relates to a bronze sculpture of the same name, which is also in the collection. One of the main differences between the drawing and the sculpture is the aggressive presence of the splintered stake which pins the woman’s body to the ground. As in the sculpture, a nick is clearly visible in the windpipe of the figure as it gasps for breath, horribly contorted. Despite the gruesome tone of the drawing, it was first reproduced in the middle of an article about music in the Surrealist periodical Minotaure. The drawing was previously owned by both Edward James and Gabrielle Keiller, two important patrons of Surrealism.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966) Swiss
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title:Femme égorgée [Woman with her Throat Cut]
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date created:About 1932
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materials:Pen and ink on paper
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measurements:31.60 x 24.50 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by Gabrielle Keiller 1995
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accession number:GMA 3982
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Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss-born sculptor Giacometti studied art in Geneva, moving to Paris in 1922 where he experimented with Cubism and became interested in primitive sculpture. He worked with the surrealist group until the mid-1930s, producing strange objects suggestive of cruelty, sex and dreams. After that...