Alberto Giacometti, Portrait of G. David Thompson

signed “Alberto Giacometti” lower right
oil on canvas
39 1/2 x 28 3/4 in. (100.3 x 73 cm.)
Painted in 1957.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Giacometti and it is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti database under number AGD4082.

Provenance:
Alberto Giacometti
G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh
Alberto Loeb and Krugier, New York
Milton D. Ratner, Chicago
Wendell Cherry, Louisville
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1985

Exhibited:
The Art Institute of Chicago; River Forest, Rosary College; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Madison, Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin; Jerusalem, Israel Museum, Alberto Giacometti: The Milton D. Ratner Family Collection, November 2, 1974 - May 21, 1975, no. 27, p. 57 (illustrated, p. 34; detail illustrated, p. 35)
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Giacometti, January 8 - 31, 1976, no. 22, n.p. (illustrated)
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Alberto Giacometti, May 16 - November 2, 1986, no. 162, pp. 10, 277 (illustrated)

Property from an Important Private Swiss Collection