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PRESS RELEASE FRIDAY 23RD JULY 2010

Retrospective of works by Alberto Giacometti at theFondation MaeghtBY FLORENCE DUBOSC FOR FR2DAY.COM JUL 14, 2010 

This summer, the Fondation Maeght in Saint Paul de Vence is

presenting an exceptional retrospective of the work of famous Swiss

sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, an artist best known for his

erotic and ironical Surrealistconstructions. The Fondation

Maeght already owns one of the

most exhaustive collections in the

world of Giacometti's sculptures

including two versions of 

L'homme qui marche (Walking

Man), a life-sized bronze

sculpture of a man, but for the

exhibition Giacometti & Maeght

1946 - 1966, the curator, Isabelle

Maeght, has gathered other

exceptional works from French

and international public and private collections, some of which are

being shown for the very first time.

In total, it is no less than 90 major works of 60 bronzes, 10 plaster sculptures

and 20 paintings, including portraits of  Aimé Maeght and Marguerite

Maeght that await the public. It also includes some 80 drawings - one of them

represents Georges Braque on his deathbed - extremely rare painted plaster

casts, etchings, engravings, photographs, films and personal letters. Some

works from Giacometti's early and surrealist periods are shown but the

exhibition focuses mainly on the post-war period with its sculptures of stick-

thin figures with razor-sharp features. 

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