Alberto GIACOMETTI - Grey Figure 2016

Grey Figure 2016

Original: 1957 — HENI/Estate edition: 2016

Artist: Alberto Giacometti
Title: Grey Figure
Original Work: 1957
Edition Year: 2016
Medium: Giclée print face-mounted to Diasec, mounted on aluminium composite panel
Dimensions: 65 × 54 cm (25 5/8 × 21 1/4 in)
Edition: 500 — this example: 478/500
Publisher: Co-published by The Estate of Alberto Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti, Paris and ADAGP, Paris) and HENI Productions, London
Reference: HENI Editions S2
Condition: New — sold with original packaging
Type: Authorised Estate edition — Diasec mounted

Description:

Grey Figure (1957/2016) reproduces one of Giacometti's most haunting and most characteristic paintings — a standing figure, barely materialised, emerging from and dissolving back into a grey atmospheric ground that occupies the entire canvas. The figure at the centre of the composition is reduced to its essential minimum: a schematic head, a torso, arms barely indicated, legs that fade into the grey below, the whole rendered in the same grey paint that surrounds it, so that figure and ground are almost indistinguishable — the human form present only as a slightly denser zone of paint, a persistence of intention in a field of dissolution.

Giacometti's grey paintings — produced across the 1950s and into the 1960s — are among the most philosophically rigorous works in the history of figurative art. They represent his answer to the question of how a painter can honestly depict the human figure in a post-war world that has permanently destabilised confidence in the visible: not by rendering the body clearly and completely, but by showing it as it is actually experienced — at a distance, in uncertain light, always on the verge of disappearing. The figure is signed and dated lower right in the reproduction: "Alberto Giacometti 1957."

This edition was co-published by the Fondation Giacometti, Paris (ADAGP) and HENI Productions, London — the gold standard of posthumous Estate authorisation — ensuring that the reproduction meets the strictest standards of colour accuracy and archival quality. The giclée print is face-mounted to Diasec — a crystal-clear acrylic bonded directly to the print surface — and mounted on an aluminium composite panel, giving the work a museum-quality presentation that protects and elevates the image simultaneously. Numbered 478/500 with the publisher's stamp on the verso, sold with original packaging. Referenced as HENI Editions S2.

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FAQ 

Is this an original Giacometti work?
This is an authorised Estate edition — a giclée print co-published by the Fondation Giacometti (Paris/ADAGP) and HENI Productions, London, reproducing Giacometti's 1957 painting with the full authorisation and quality control of the artist's Estate.

What is Diasec mounting?
Diasec is a process in which a crystal-clear acrylic panel is bonded face-first directly to the print surface, eliminating air gaps, enhancing colour depth and saturation, and providing archival protection. It is the standard presentation format for museum-quality photographic and giclée editions.

Who co-published this edition?
The Fondation Giacometti, Paris (ADAGP) and HENI Productions, London — the Estate's official representative and one of the most prestigious fine art edition publishers working with major twentieth-century artists' estates.

What is the edition size?
500 impressions. This example is numbered 478/500.

Is the original packaging included?
Yes — sold with original packaging.

Is this work referenced?
Yes — HENI Editions S2.

Do you ship internationally?
Yes — worldwide, with specialist packaging for Diasec-mounted works, full insurance, and shipment tracking.

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