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Yves Bonnefoy examines the entire range of Alberto Giacomettis creative production sculpture, painting, drawing, and lithographs in this classic, singular study of the Swiss sculptor. By focusing on the works rather than on the details of the artists life, and by relying on the evidence of Giacomettis important writings and statements, the author a poet, essayist, and friend of the artist provides a wealth of interpretations of Giacomettis drawings, canvases, and sculptures. Bonnefoys eloquent and incisive text traces Giacomettis artistic development from his experience with surrealism, to his return to figurative sculpture, to the period of his monumental Walking Man series. The superbly designed and copiously illustrated volume is further enriched with archival photographs of Giacomettis studios and five decades of artistic life in Paris.

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Yves Bonnefoy is a writer devoted to the analysis of poetry and art. He is a doctor honoris causa at various universities, including the University of Chicago. He has published numerous volumes of his own poetry, as well as French translations of Yeats and Shakespeare. In 1981, he was elected chair of Comparative Poetry at the College de France. He was awarded the Prix Montaigne in 1978 and the Bennett Award in New York in 1988.

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