
L'Atelier aux bouteilles (The Studio with Bottles)
A hauntingly atmospheric lithograph rendered in soft grey tones, this work offers an intimate glimpse into Giacometti's own creative environment, where bottles and studio objects emerge as ghostly, sketched forms from the pale ground of the Rives BFK paper. True to Giacometti's signature style, the objects are captured with restless, searching lines that suggest perpetual revision rather than definitive form. The generous full margins of the fine paper lend the composition a contemplative stillness, framing the artist's private world as both a physical space and a meditation on perception itself.
- Medium
- Lithograph in grey, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins,
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
January 22, 2015
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