Alberto Giacometti The Invisible Object (Hands Holding the Void)

An abstracted, thin, nude woman with a round face half sits, half leans back against a tall, narrow support in this free-standing bronze sculpture. Her body faces us in this photograph. Her wide, oval face has two stylized, star-like eyes and a triangular opening for a mouth. The torso is tall and thin, and her limbs elongated. With thin arms, she holds up open hands with palms facing each other at the level of her round breasts. Her fingers are long and delicate. She is encased within a tall, rectangular frame. With knees slightly bent and resting against a panel that runs in front of her shins, she leans against a slat against her backside, perhaps the seat to a stylized chair. Her feet are pressed together on a double-tiered, low, square base with four bulbous feet at the corners.