With Giacometti.
Allia| N° d'inventaire | 19134 |
| Format | 17 x 22 |
| Détails | 220 p., black and white illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2015 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782844859228 |
In this volume, Isaku Yanaihara delivers an exceptional account of his experience as a model for one of the greatest painters and sculptors of the 20th century, Alberto Giacometti. From the very first sitting, in September 1956, he was forced to postpone his return to Japan to satisfy the master's desire, suddenly confronted with a new difficulty in front of this enigmatic face. Yanaihara humorously recounts the artist's stubbornness in succeeding at all costs in drawing his nose.
Giacometti wanted a war, an Air France strike, anything but for him to leave. Every summer, Yanaihara returned to Paris to pose. The book, which includes the minutes of the sessions as well as a journal and letters exchanged between the two men, reveals the relationship between the artist and his model.
In this volume, Isaku Yanaihara delivers an exceptional account of his experience as a model for one of the greatest painters and sculptors of the 20th century, Alberto Giacometti. From the very first sitting, in September 1956, he was forced to postpone his return to Japan to satisfy the master's desire, suddenly confronted with a new difficulty in front of this enigmatic face. Yanaihara humorously recounts the artist's stubbornness in succeeding at all costs in drawing his nose.
Giacometti wanted a war, an Air France strike, anything but for him to leave. Every summer, Yanaihara returned to Paris to pose. The book, which includes the minutes of the sessions as well as a journal and letters exchanged between the two men, reveals the relationship between the artist and his model.