Giacometti in Paris Publisher / Batsford colour and sensation

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Giacometti in Paris Publisher / Batsford colour and sensationToday the work of Alberto Giacometti is world famous and his sculptures sell for record breaking prices. But from his early days as an unknown outsider to the end of a dramatic international career, Giacometti lived in the same hovel of a studio in Paris. It was Paris that made him, and he in turn immortalised the city through his art. Arriving in Paris from the Swiss Alps in 1922, Giacometti was shaped not only by his relationships with remarkable