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Alberto Giacometti — Isaku Yanaihara Seated Full-Length
Alberto Giacometti — Isaku Yanaihara Seated Full-Length
Alberto Giacometti

Isaku Yanaihara Seated Full-Length

This arresting figurative painting depicts a seated male figure rendered in Giacometti's signature gestural and existential style, with the subject emerging from a heavily worked grey and ochre ground through urgent, scratchy black mark-making. The isolated human form is characteristic of Giacometti's lifelong obsession with capturing the presence and fragility of the human figure in space. A loosely indicated chair or furniture element appears to the lower right, grounding the figure within an undefined interior. The work conveys the psychological intensity and raw painterly energy that define Giacometti's mature portrait practice.

Medium
Oil on canvas
Signed
Yes
Spotted At
Museum · LACMA

Notes

Signature 'Alberto Giacometti' visible in lower right corner of the canvas in dark paint or ink. Work spotted at the Pavilion for Japanese Art museum.

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Alberto Giacometti, Isaku Yanaihara Seated Full-Length

This arresting figurative painting depicts a seated male figure rendered in Giacometti's signature gestural and existential style, with the subject emerging from a heavily worked grey and ochre ground through urgent, scratchy black mark-making. The isolated human form is characteristic of Giacometti's lifelong obsession with capturing the presence and fragility of the human figure in space. A loosely indicated chair or furniture element appears to the lower right, grounding the figure within an undefined interior. The work conveys the psychological intensity and raw painterly energy that define Giacometti's mature portrait practice.

Medium
Oil on canvas
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
LACMA

Related themes

Monochrome, 20th Century, Blue Chip, Expressionism, Swiss Artist, Portrait, Unique, Existentialism, Painting, Figurative

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Alex Capecelatro