GIACOMETTI - ジャコメッティ

GIACOMETTI / ジャコメッティ

Alberto Giacometti — Herbert Matter

Publisher: Libroport, Tokyo

Published: 1988

Format: Hardcover with dust jacket and slipcase

Language: Japanese

Condition: New / Unused (Complete with original packaging)

Giacometti is the Japanese edition of Herbert Matter’s photographic study of Alberto Giacometti, published by Libroport in Tokyo in 1988. Based around Matter’s large photographic archive, the book offers a close and personal look at Giacometti, his sculptures, his studio, his models, and the spaces where he lived and worked.

Herbert Matter (1907-1984), the influential Swiss-born photographer and graphic designer, was a close friend of Giacometti and photographed the artist and his work over many years. His images go beyond simple documentation, using light, scale, detail, and unusual viewpoints to capture both Giacometti’s sculptures and the atmosphere around them.

The book includes a text by painter and writer Mercedes Matter, a foreword by Louis Finkelstein, an introduction by Andrew Forge, correspondence from Alberto Giacometti to Herbert Matter, and a complete list of plates. The Japanese edition was translated by art critic Shigeo Chiba, who also contributed a text to the book.

First published in English in 1987, the Japanese edition followed in 1988 through Libroport. Its large format and simple graphic design give plenty of space to Matter’s photography, making the book interesting not only as a publication on Giacometti, but also as a photography and book-design piece in its own right.

Pages: 223

Dimensions: Approx. 27 × 35 cm