It wasn’t until the late 1940s that Giacometti could afford to cast figures in sturdier bronze. One of his first successes, “Gazing Head” (1928-1929), was collected at the time. While 12 ...

The art market wasn’t head over heels for Alberto Giacometti, the Swiss-Italian sculptor whose spindly bronze bust of his younger brother Diego was expected to be the priciest piece of New York ...

the committee uncovered Giacometti’s signature and confirmed its authenticity. The plaster sculpture, a white square work titled Tête qui regarde (The Gazing Head), came to the TV program ...

The art market wasn’t head over heels for Alberto Giacometti, the Swiss-Italian sculptor whose spindly bronze bust of his younger brother Diego was expected to be the priciest piece of New York ...

Giacometti fakes are reportedly notorious in the art market, and the sculpture in question, called Gazing Head, did not have the sculptor’s signature inscribed upon it, leaving its authenticity ...

In 1931, Giacometti officially joined the Surrealist movement and was an active member until early 1935. His work, shifting from sculptures like Gazing Head (1928) to his later attenuated ...

The record for a Giacometti bronze was set at $27.4 million in May 2008 for a life-sized sculpture of a woman entitled "Grande femme debout II." The auction firm said the bronze was being sold by ...

It wasn’t until the late 1940s that Giacometti could afford to cast figures in sturdier bronze. One of his first successes, “Gazing Head” (1928-1929), was collected at the time. While 12 ...