Diego Giacometti [Hardcover]

Daniel Marchesseau (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Diego Giacometti (1902-1985), brother of the better-known Alberto, here receives appreciation as one of the great craftsmen and sculptors of the 20th century. The preface and text are informative on an intimate and personal level (both authors knew the artist well) and nearly the full range of Giacometti's furniture, furnishings, and sculpture is presented. Marchesseau states his goal was to make Diego's work better known rather than to produce a full biography. On its own terms, this is a beautiful and successful book. Considering the difficult originals, the illustrations are very good. Recommended. Jack Perry Brown, Art Inst. of Chicago Lib.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Language Notes

Text: English, French (translation)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 220 pages
• Publisher: Harry N Abrams (April 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810909987
• ISBN-13: 978-0810909984
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,420,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on his work, October 31, 2007

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J. Landau (Orinda, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diego Giacometti (Hardcover)

This is a well produced survey of his wonderful functional art with a large number of color and black and white photographs of his pieces. The focus is on the beautiful functional furniture he created. While there is limited discussion of his creative processes, it provides a broad spectrum of his work. They are shown in situ, in many instances, at the Picasso museum in Paris and in the homes of his collectors, such as Givenchy. We have never seen a more complete or beautiful book on his work.