42 - Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966)

Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966) Endless Paris, Studio, 1960 Lithographic pencil on transfer paper, 42 x 32.5 cm Provenance: > Gift from the artist to Tériade > Private bequest from Alice Tériade, 2007 > Private collection, Paris Bibliography: > Exhibition catalog Alberto Giacometti—Drawings, Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, 2012, no. 14 (reproduced) Exhibitions: > “Alberto Giacometti—Drawings,” Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, December 13, 2012–February 2, 2013; reproduced in the catalog as no. 14 (label on the back) This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Giacometti Committee dated June 2025 (no. AGD 4730) Condition Report: Framed This drawing is central to the monumental project *Paris sans fin*, the ultimate lithographic masterpiece to which Giacometti devoted the final years of his life. In it, the artist depicts his famous studio on Rue Hippolyte-Maindron, a cramped space that became an integral part of his creative process. Through a network of vibrant, feverish lines, the cluttered table, stools, and the structures of his sculptures in progress emerge from the whiteness of the paper in a remarkable mise en abyme of the workspace. The work captures the very essence of the master’s late style, in which drawing becomes a perpetual quest to define the void, perspective, and the suspended atmosphere of his most intimate surroundings.