Composition (Man and Woman)

Mediums: bronze.
Location: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington (the USA).

Many of A. Giacometti’s cubist compositions are constructed using ribbed shapes as if composed of parallel planes-planks. According to its visual perception, this sculpture is associated either with a musical instrument – an accordion, or with elements of household or industrial structures. In such an environment, feminine round shapes in the form of waves are particularly prominent; they are in continuous interaction with the rectangular male parts of the composition. Together, these very conditional characters form something moving – something reminiscent of an act of love or perpetual motion machine. An almost identical version is presented in the collection of the London Tate Gallery.