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Giovanni Giacometti
Description
- Giovanni Giacometti
- Sommermorgen/Mattino d'estate, 1917
- Unten links monogrammiert und datiert; rückseitig signiert und datiert
- Öl auf Leinwand
- 80.5 x 65.5 cm
Provenance
Exhibited
Zürich, Kunsthaus, Giovanni Giacometti 1868-1933, 1934, Nr. 130 (Frauen am Fenster)
Literature
Viola Radlach, "Das Licht in der Malerei von Giovanni Giacometti", in: Paul Müller/Viola Radlach/Dieter Schwarz, Giovanni Giacometti-Leben und Werk, Zürich 1996, S. 215, abgebildet (in Farbe)
Paul Müller/Viola Radlach, Giovanni Giacometti, 1868-1933, Werkkatalog der Gemälde, Zürich 1997, Band II-2, S. 424, Nr. 1917.07, S. 425, abgebildet
Condition
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Catalogue Note
Den Bildhintergrund stellt ein Dickicht mit Bäumen und Sträuchern dar, das sich im sommerlichen Sonnenlicht in üppigen Farben präsentiert, welche von zartem Hell- bis zu sattem Dunkelgrün reichen mit nuancierten Farbklängen in verschiedenem gelb, rosa, blau und violett.
Im Sommer 1917 schuf Giovanni Giacometti Frauen- und Mädchenbildnisse, wie das seiner Frau Annetta und einer Frau Elisabeth Grossmann-Jacob und deren Tochter sowie einer jungen Frau namens Menghin. Bei den zwei Dargestellten könnte es sich um die beiden letztgenannten jungen Damen handeln.
Mit diesem Gemälde ist Giovanni Giacometti ein hervorragendes, postimpressionistisches Meisterstück gelungen.
Two girls in blue sit at an open window, one with pinned-up hair, the other with a ponytale. The girls’ attention is focused on an act directly in front of the house. It is unclear what exactly is happening.
The background shows a thicket with trees and bushes; the lush colors catch the summery sunlight, ranging from delicate light green to deep dark green, with touches of yellow, pink, blue and purple.
In the summer of 1917, Giovanni Giacometti created a number of portraits of women and girls, among them one of his wife Annetta, another featuring a woman named Mrs. Elisabeth Grossmann-Jacob and her daughter as well as a young woman named Menghin. The two girls shown here could be the latter.
With this painting, Giovanni Giacometti created an outstanding masterpiece of post-impressionism.