瑪格畫廊, 巴黎
塞登堡畫廊, 紐約
賣出：蘇富比帕克－巴尼特, 紐約, 1978年5月17日, 拍品編號78
華丁頓畫廊, 倫敦（1979年前購入）
伊達•金切, 紐約
詹姆斯•古德曼畫廊, 紐約（1983年購自上述人士）
私人收藏（1983年購自上述人士；賣出：紐約佳士得, 2010年11月3日, 拍品編號21）
由現藏家購自上述拍賣會

賈克•杜平, 《阿爾伯托•賈克梅蒂》, 巴黎, 1962年, 另一鑄成品圖版頁265
赫伯特•馬特、賽德斯•馬特, 《阿爾伯托•賈克梅蒂》, 紐約, 1987年, 另一鑄成品圖版頁102-103
《阿爾伯托•賈科梅蒂, 弗朗西斯•培根：伊莎貝爾和其他親密的陌生人》（展覽圖錄）, 高古軒畫廊, 紐約, 2008年, 另一鑄成品彩色圖版頁64-65, 254

This work is in excellent condition. Dark brown and dark green patina. A few minor spot repairs to the patina, otherwise fine.
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The subject of the present sculpture is Giacometti's muse, Annette, a young woman whom he met in Geneva shortly after he moved back to Switzerland from Paris in 1942. Aside from the artist's brother ౠDiego, Annette would become the principal model for his sculpture. Her form begins to appear in Giacometti's sculpture in the mid-1950s, marking a decisive shift in his art. When compared to his weightless, anonymous female figures of the previous decade, Giacometti's women of this decade are imbued with a more expressive style and activating presence. Although several strong women inspired Giacome✃tti, it was Annette who had the most profound and lasting impact on his work.

Femme exhibits a sensuality unique in Giacometti's sculpture, both in its subject and in its artistic formation. Giacometti paid great attention to the modeling of his works. Its rough-hewn surface qualities resonate with Giacometti's interest in artifacts of ancient civilizations, such as African tribal reliquary figures, Egyptian statues or Cycladic fertility goddesses. The artist himself declared: "The works of the past that I find the most true to reality are those that are considered the least, the furthest from it" (quoted in Herbert & Mercedes Matter, op. cit., p. 211). With her pronounced curves and voluptuous features, Femme possesses a perennial mythi✃c quওality distinctive within his oeuvre.