Original oversize portrait photograph of Alberto Giacometti, circa 1965

N.p. N.p., Circa 1965. Vintage oversize portrait photograph of sculptor Alberto Giacometti, circa 1965. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso regarding provenance: "Purchased from Mercedes Matter / vintage print."

Photographed by Swiss-American photographer Herbert Matter, a lifelong friend of Giacometti.

11 x 14 inches, on AGFA stock, archivally matted in a 14 x 18 inch 8-ply white mat. About Fine.

From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.

[Book #163058]