Alberto Giacometti - The Tree - L'Arbre and The Street

1. The Tree (L'Arbre) - 2. The Street (La Rue)

Alberto Giacometti's The Tree and The Street were commissioned by the Paris publication, Verve, and were bound into their 1952 double number volume. Both sides of the sturdy, wove paper were used for printing and therefore the black and white lithograph (The Street) appears on the verso of the colour lithograph (The Tree).

Verve
#	Title & Artist	Artist Info	Date	Medium	-
01.-	1. Flemish Interior (Interieur Flamand) 2. Nude (Nu) by Marcel Gromaire	Marcel Gromaire (Noyelles-sur-Sambre, 1892 - Paris, 1971)	1952	Original Lithograph
02.-	1. Frontispiece 2. Still Life by Georges Braque	Georges Braque (Argenteuil, 1881 - Paris, 1964)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
03.-	1. The Tree (L'Arbre) 2. The Street (La Rue) by Alberto Giacometti	Alberto Giacometti (Switzerland, 1901 - Paris, 1966)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
04.-	Daphne by Henri Laurens	Henri Laurens (Paris, 1885 - 1954)	1952	Original Lithograph
05.-	Figures Floating Above Paris by Marc Chagall	Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
06.-	La Femme En Bleu (The Woman In Blue) by Francisco Bores	Francisco Bores (Madrid, 1898 - Paris, 1972)	1952	Original Lithograph
07.-	Mother and Child in front of Notre Dame by Marc Chagall	Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
08.-	The Dog Barking at the Moon Awakens the Cock, ... by Joan Miro	Joan Miro (Barcelona, 1893 - Palma de Mallorca, 1983)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
09.-	The Moon (La Lune) by Andre Masson	Andre Masson (Balagny, 1896 - Paris, 1988)	1938	Original Lithograph	Sold
10.-	The Outing (La partie de Campagne) by Fernand Leger	Fernand Leger (Argentan, 1881 - Seine-et-Oise, 1955)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
11.-	The Sun (Le Soleil) by Andre Masson	Andre Masson (Balagny, 1896 - Paris, 1988)	1938	Original Lithograph	Sold
12.-	The Torrent (Le Torrent) by Andre Masson	Andre Masson (Balagny, 1896 - Paris, 1988)	1952	Original Lithograph
13.-	Visions of Paris by Marc Chagall	Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold

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Title:	1. The Tree (L'Arbre) - 2. The Street (La Rue)
Artist:	Giacometti, Alberto (Switzerland, 1901 - Paris, 1966)
Date:	1952
Medium:	Two Original Lithographs
Publisher:	Verve, Paris
Printer:	Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Note:	Alberto Giacometti: Famous as a master twentieth century sculptor, the prints and paintings of Alberto Giacometti are important to an understanding of his complex art. After studying art briefly in both Geneva and Italy he went to Paris and sculpted under Bourdelle from 1922 to 1925. His first art contained elements of both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, but by 1925, Alberto Giacometti abandoned naturalistic sculpture and favour of individual experiments.
	From 1930 to 1935, Alberto Giacometti was associated with the Surrealist movement. After that date, however, he began to develop the elements for which he became famous; groups of emaciated and elongated figures trapped in space. His representations of isolated figures and groups suggested a visual link with Existentialism and, after the Second World War, Alberto Giacometti became a close friend of the Existentialist philosopher, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980).
	During the 1950's, Alberto Giacometti turned to painting and printmaking as major forms for his artistic expression. In the latter category he excelled at both etching and lithography. The Tree and The Street are superb representations of Giacometti's Existential world.
	The Tree and The Street were commissioned by the Paris publication, Verve, and were bound into their 1952 double number volume. Both sides of the sturdy, wove paper were used for printing and therefore the black and white lithograph (The Street) appears on the verso of the colour lithograph (The Tree). The paper has thus been matted on both sides in order to make the two lithographs accessible. Both these original lithographs surely indicate Alberto Giacometti's importance as a major twentieth century artist.
	Verve: From 1937 to 1960 Verve was a leader for promoting modern movements in art. Printed and published in Paris, this periodical contained articles on and by leading contemporary artists. More importantly, each issue contained at least one original print created specifically for the publication.
	Some of the most sought after original lithographs of the twentieth century appeared in 1952 double number (#27 & 28) of Verve. These included Marc Chagall's complete Visions de Paris set, Henri Matisse's, The Sadness of the King, Leger's, The Outing, Andre Masson's, Le Torrent, Miro's, The Dog Barking at the Moon and original lithographs in both colours and black and white by Georges Braque, Henri Laurens, Alberto Giacometti, Francisco Bores and Marcel Gromaire. Original works of art printed by Verve never appeared in pencil signed and limited editions, but most were published in numbers of two thousand five hundred or less.
Size:	13 3/4 X 10 3/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon thick, wove paper and with full margins as published in Paris for Verve in 1952. Both lithographs are in very good condition throughout. The Tree and The Street represent striking, original examples of the famous art of Alberto Giacometti.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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