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Lithograph, numbered on an edition of 75. Signed in pencil lower right: Alberto Giacometti. Image 54.5 x 38 cm on wove paper by BFK Rives (with the watermark) 68 x 50 cm. Published and printed by Maeght Éditeur, Paris. - Catalogue raisonné: - Kornfeld, no. 384 C. - Lust, no. 22

Alberto Giacometti's La mère de l'artiste lisant sous la lampe à Stampa II, created in 1963, is a limited edition lithograph measuring 68 x 50 cm. This intimate artwork, signed and numbered by the artist, portrays his mother reading under a lamp in Stampa, Switzerland, capturing a private and contemplative moment in her life. Rendered in Giacometti's characteristic delicate and expressive lines, the piece exudes a sense of familial connection, warmth, and nostalgia. The sparse composition, with the lamp hovering above and illuminating his mother, reflects Giacometti’s personal exploration of memory, family ties, and the quiet intimacy of everyday life.

Alberto Giacometti (Switzerland, 1901–1966) was a Swiss sculptor and painter celebrated for his elongated, existentially charged sculptures. A key figure in 20th-century art, his minimalist forms reflect themes of isolation and the human condition. Associated with Surrealism and later Existentialism, his works, like L'Homme qui marche, remain iconic representations of modern art.

Alberto Giacometti

La mère de l'artiste lisant sous la lampe à Stampa II, 1963

Name: La mère de l'artiste lisant sous la lampe à Stampa II, 1963
SKU: 10608
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Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

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Lithograph

Lithograph Lithography is a printing method based on the principle that water and oil do not mix. It can be used to print artwork or text onto paper or other suitable materials. Traditionally, an image was drawn with wax, fat, or oil onto a lithographic limestone surface or plate. Today, metal plates and other surfaces are also used in lithographic printing.

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Edition of 75

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Alberto Giacometti was a widely acclaimed Swiss sculptor whose work remains highly influential today, with his sculpture L'Homme qui marche I selling for over $104 million in 2010, and then another one of his sculptures L'Homme au doight selling for over $141 million in 2015, making his sculpture the most expensive in the world more than half a century after his death.
Both of these cast-bronze sculptures, with their unnaturally elongated and slender forms which became a signature of his sculpting work as a result of his determination to rework his sculptures until they were incredibly thin and small, are perfect examples of his contribution to the surrealist and cubist art movements which he first started experimenting with in Paris in 1922. In 1962, he won the Grand Prize for Sculpture at the Venice Biennale, however his artistic talent was not limited to just sculpting but was also expressed through many other mediums, including lithography; indeed, his final work before his death was a series of 150 lithographs entitled Paris sans fin, notable for their monochromatism.

Artwork by Fernand Léger

What is Cubism?

Cubism is an art movement that aimed to depict multiple perspectives of objects or figures within a single picture. Artists Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso pioneered this style around 1907. The name Cubism emerged from their use of geometric shapes and outlines that often resembled cubes, breaking objects down into abstracted forms.

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Alberto Giacometti

La mère de l'artiste lisant sous la lampe à Stampa II, 1963

68 x 50 cm

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