Alberto Giacometti Swiss, 1901–1966
Spoon Woman
1926–27 (cast 1954)
Alberto Giacometti's 'Spoon Woman' ('Femme-cuillère', 1926–1927) is an early Cubist-Surrealist bronze by the Swiss sculptor. The body of a West African ritual spoon suggested to Giacometti the abstract form of a female torso; the sculpture marks his decisive move from naturalistic modelling toward the reductive language of Paris modernism. Art Institute of Chicago.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago