Letter from Alberto Giacometti, Paris, to Diego Giacometti, circa 1953 : autograph manuscript.

Record ID: 
436974
Accession number: 
MA 23743.2
Author: 
Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966.
Created: 
Paris, France, circa 1953.
Credit: 
Purchased as the gift of The Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors, 2021.
Description: 
1 item (4 pages) ; 21 x 13.5 cm
Notes: 

The letter is dated only "domenica [Sunday]", but based on the contents, it was most likely written around 1953.

Summary: 

Mentioning that he is writing this letter from Les Deux Magots, where he is waiting for Annette; responding to Diego's inquiry about the bronze doors he created for the Kaufmann family mausoleum on the grounds of Fallingwater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; describing Edgar Kaufmann's visit to his studio and his preparations for the casting of the doors; referring to the Fonderie Susse; mentioning that he saw James Johnson Sweeney, who is working on an exhibition and praised various artworks by Matisse; adding that Matisse left today and that he had lots of trouble this summer connected with his daughter (Marguerite Duthuit-Matisse).

Provenance: 
Collection of James Lord. Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, May 2021.