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Alberto Giacometti autograph letter signed on black-bordered mourning stationery, dated 8 July 1933 shortly after the death of Giacometti's father, the impressionist painter Giovanni Giacometti. Composed from Giacometti's familial home in Maloja, Switzerland, he writes in black fountain pen to his childhood friend Alice Hirschfeld, translated from French in full,
''Maloja, 8 July 8, 1933 / Dear Alice / Forgive me for not answering your very kind letter until today. I thank you for the beautiful memory you keep of my father and the empathy you have shown us.
It is quite difficult for me to write -----------
I can't keep my thoughts focused on anything, I jump from one thing to another, from a memory here to a fact there, the days pass at a remarkable speed, and I seek to regain solid ground beneath my feet.
I have to leave for Paris again Monday, but I will come back in 15 days and stay here until the fall. Are you not coming to Engadine this summer? I will perhaps see you on my way back from Paris if you are still in Zurich. / Very affectionately / Yours, Alberto. G.'' Single page letter on bifolium stationery measures 5.875'' x 7.5'' as folded. Single fold, overall near fine condition. A very rare letter by the artist.
Alberto Giacometti Autograph Letter Signed -- Extremely Rare Missive by the Famed Sculptor, Here Mourning the Death of His Father, the Painter Giovanni Giacometti
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